NI parties under pressure to agree justice deal

The North’s political parties are today under growing pressure to agree a deal on transferring policing and justice powers from Westminster to Stormont after a package to fund the move was brokered in late night talks in Downing Street.

But while Sinn Féin said Gordon Brown had effectively concluded crucial discussions on financing the plan, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson said he would not be rushed into an early deal.