The U.K.’s Democratic Unionist Party has made a deal with the Conservative Party to support Prime Minister Theresa May’s minority government, according to media reports citing unnamed sources. About 1 billion pounds in concessions ($1.27 billion) have been made to Northern Ireland’s largest party in exchange for support from its 10 members of parliament on key votes in the House of Commons, a Sky News report said. Details of the deal are expected to be made public within hours, a BBC report said.
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