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Live updates: Theresa May appoints new cabinet members in reshuffle

  • The Prime Minister is appointing new cabinet members in a reshuffle of her cabinet following an election that saw the Conservatives lose their majority.
  • On Friday Mrs May reappointed most of her senior cabinet team
  • It comes as the Conservative party continue talks to strike a "confidence and supply" agreement with the DUP after Tories lost their majority in the General Election
  • Former Housing Minister Gavin Barwell is appointed Downing Street's new chief of staff after Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill quit
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DUP 'say no red lines' over alliance with Conservatives

DUP leader Arlene Foster at an election count last night. Credit: ITV News

The Conservative party has opened contacts with the Democratic Unionist Party over a possible coalition government or a more informal alliance after the election resulted in a hung parliament, it is understood.

The Northern Irish DUP already works closely with the Tories and a source said there were "no red lines" for them in potentially linking forces, reports ITV News political correspondent Carl Dinnen.

However, they have ruled out helping Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party, he said.

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