Prime Minister Theresa May and Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster are holding discussions as they look to strike a deal to prop up a minority Conservative government.

The Conservatives won 318 seats in last week's election, eight short of a majority, and therefore need the support of at least one other party to pass key legislation in Parliament.

But unlike the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in 2010, where the parties agreed on a full legislative agenda with representatives from both in ministerial offices across government, the deal between the Tories and the DUP is more likely to be a so-called "confidence and supply agreement".