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Peter Robinson has said he and Martin McGuinness have made progress in their discussions with Gordon Brown over a budget for policing and justice. | |
The talks on devolving the powers will continue on Wednesday in New York where the first and deputy first ministers are to attend an economic conference. | |
Monday's talks at Downing Street lasted for about two hours. | |
Afterwards, Mr Robinson and Mr McGuinness gave separate news conferences. | |
Mr Robinson said they discussed a wide range of issues but no overall deal had been agreed. | |
He said there was still more work to do and he would now be having discussions with party colleagues. | |
The deputy first minister, Mr McGuinness, said progress was significant and he was hopeful a deal could be concluded on Wednesday | |
Meanwhile, the Conservative Party's Northern Ireland spokesman, Owen Paterson, warned his party would not give any guarantees about the funding of policing and justice powers. | |
Mr Robinson had called on Tory leader David Cameron to approve any financial package offered by the prime minister, saying there was no point agreeing a package with one government when another might take over. | Mr Robinson had called on Tory leader David Cameron to approve any financial package offered by the prime minister, saying there was no point agreeing a package with one government when another might take over. |