Northern Ireland's political parties do not expect that fresh Assembly elections will be held on 8 June to coincide with the Westminster contest.
After talks with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, they believe the deadline for agreement a deal on power-sharing at Stormont will be extended to the end of June.
James Brokenshire has met the five main parties today and is due to make a statement on the situation in the House of Commons next week.
Sources involved in the negotiations have said parties will be given three weeks after the election to reach a deal.
The British government is to publish legislation to deal with rates and budget matters tomorrow.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and Alliance party leader Naomi Long have both predicted he will extend the talks deadline.
Earlier Sinn Féin accused the British government of wanting power-sharing in Northern Ireland to fail.
Michelle O'Neill, leader of the party in Northern Ireland, said Theresa May does not want a Stormont Executive that will stand against Brexit.
She made her comments following a meeting with Mr Brokenshire.
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Meanwhile the SDLP has met with Sinn Féin and the Green Party to discuss the possibility of forming an anti-Brexit alliance in the run up to the general election.
Mr Eastwood said a majority of pro-Brexit majority MPs cannot be sent to Westminster.
Although the Alliance party insisted it was not interested in entering into any election pacts, Mr Eastwood said he hoped to discuss the issue with Ms Long.
"We are not interested in sectarian pacts. We don't do two-party pacts to keep out another party from another community.
"We are talking about reaching out to people who want to put up a challenge to Brexiteers, who want to remind Theresa May and the people in the European Union that Northern Ireland voted to remain," said Mr Eastwood at Stormont.
He added: "I have spoken to Michelle O'Neill and Stephen Agnew (Green party leader in the region) and I want to speak to anyone else interested in that conversation.
"I am disappointed Naomi Long has already rejected the opportunity for a conversation. Hopefully, we can talk these issues out.
"We don't do sectarian pacts. We do alliances against very damaging things like Brexit. We shouldn't be sending a majority of pro-Brexit MPs to Westminster."
However, Ms Long insisted the Alliance Party "is not interested in doing pacts with anyone."
"Label it what you like but what it will do is reduce this election into yet another sectarian head count," she added.
