Theresa May will meet the DUP leader Arlene Foster later, whose support the PM will need in order to get her Queen's Speech passed through Parliament.
It comes after the Prime Minister apologised to her MPs for the election result, telling them: "I got us into this mess and I will get us out of it."
The first move in Mrs May's new reality of compromise politics is to listen to what the DUP hope to gain by offering the Conservatives their support.
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It is thought the Prime Minister is preparing to ditch unpopular policies such as her social care reforms and plans to means test the winter fuel allowance.
Arlene Foster said her party wants to "support the national interest" and "bring stability to the nation".
She told Sky News: "We enter these talks in a positive fashion, we are first and foremost unionists and therefore we want to secure the union.
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