General Election 2017 LIVE: Theresa May forms Conservative coalition after striking deal with DUP

Matilda Long

·Data and Politics News Editor, Yahoo News UK

6 June 2017 at 7:53 am

Theresa May struggles to see the positives after she held her Maidenhead seat. (PA)

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