Have the DUP agreed to support May’s Brexit deal?

Political pressure in Ireland could swing the party’s ten MPs behind prime minister

Theresa May and Arlene Foster
Theresa May and Arlene Foster outside No. 10 last year
(Image credit: Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Theresa May’s hopes of salvaging her Brexit plan have been boosted amid reports that the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) may support the deal if the controversial Irish border backstop is time limited.

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