'No budget' for policing transfer

Mr Robinson and the prime minister spoke on the phone

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has not detailed how much money will be given to Stormont once Policing and Justice is devolved, Peter Robinson has said.

The first minister and the prime minister spoke on the phone on Wednesday after a planned face to face meeting in London was not possible.

He is now expected to meet Mr Brown in person next week in Westminster.

Mr Robinson said devolution cannot take place until there is agreement over finance.

"The prime minister hasn't put any proposal on the table as yet, nor has the Treasury," he said.

"We haven't even settled the figures between ourselves and the Treasury as yet. So there is still some room for agreement to be reached."

Meanwhile, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, who met Mr Brown on Tuesday, said the next round of talks over the devolution of policing and justice powers were critical.

"I am at a place now where I think it is make your mind up time for everybody, including Gordon Brown," he said.