UK's Green says Conservative Party talks with DUP still progressing

UK PM May's deputy Damian Green out with a statement 21 June

• no individual sticking point
• talks are progressing
• will still take some time to reach a deal

Well, the clock's ticking and the DUP know it. They've been ramping up the rhetoric in a bid to secure best terms for their 10 votes.

Today's Queen's Speech gets underway around 10.30 GMT in which PM May' minority govt set out their stall for this parliament. Expect a diluted version, but heavily Brexit focussed, as they try to conclude a deal with the DUP. The centrepiece of today's speech will being the Great Repeal Bill to transpose EU law onto the UK's statute book.

The whole event today will be toned down from the normal highly ceremonial affair in respect to the awful recent events still reverberating around the UK.

Debate and voting on the Queens Speech normally takes about 5 days so May will need to get them on board soon in order to avoid being voted down.

May and Foster - The clock's ticking