The Conservative Party and Democratic Unionist Party have agreed a confidence and supply deal to support the Conservative minority government.

The deal was signed by Gavin Williamson, the Government’s chief whip, with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the DUP's chief whip.

Some of the cash is being spent through city deals to avoid increasing the block grant and triggering more sums to be paid to Scotland, England or Wales.

The £1billion deal works out at just over £550 for every person living in Northern Ireland

The key parts of the deal:

Pensions

There will be no change to the triple-lock on pensions - which guarantees pensions will rise by 2.5 per cent, inflation or average earnings, which ever is the greater.

The Conservatives had set out plans in their manifesto to down-grade the protection to a double-lock.