UK PM May strikes £1 bn deal to get N.Irish DUP support for her govt

DUP agree to support budget and Brexit bills; May to spend 1 bn pounds extra in Northern Ireland

British Prime Minister Theresa May struck a deal on Monday to prop up her minority government by agreeing to £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in extra funding for Northern Ireland in return for the support of the province's biggest Protestant party.

Talks had dragged on for more than two weeks after May lost her majority in parliament on June 8 with a failed gamble on a snap election.

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and its 10 lawmakers will now support May's Conservatives in key votes to keep the government in power, although not as a coalition.

There has been some concern