Past report 'irreparably damaged'

Peter Robinson said the DUP rejected the report's compensation proposal

A report on the legacy of the Troubles is "irreparably damaged" by a proposal to compensate the families of all those killed, the NI first minister has said.

Peter Robinson said it "not only blurs the line between victims and perpetrators but also ignores the tens of thousands seriously injured."

Mr Robinson discussed the report with the secretary of state.

The report, which proposes victims' families get £12,000, will be published on Wednesday.

"The DUP does not consider such an outcome as set out as offering any basis for dealing with the Troubles," said Mr Robinson.

It was written by the Consultative Group on the Past, a group chaired by Lord Eames and Denis Bradley, a former vice-chair of the Policing Board.

"The report is also replete with a duplication of functions and roles which overlap, in many instances, with matters already within the purview of, and best left to, the victims commissioners."