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Ministers meet Brown over economy NI leaders meet PM over economy
(about 14 hours later)
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness are to meet the prime minister in London later to discuss the economy. Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have met the Prime Minister at Westminster.
The first and deputy first ministers are also expected to raise the plight of members of the Presbyterian Mutual Society who face losing their savings. Gordon Brown was to put the case for greater efficiencies to the two men. The meeting was also attended by their Scottish and Welsh counterparts.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and the Welsh minister Rhodri Morgan will also be at the talks. Mr McGuinness described the discussions as a "work in progress".
The meeting is at Downing Street's request and comes as the regions are facing increasing financial pressure. The Treasury is seeking £5bn in cuts across the regions, which Northern Ireland Finance Minister Nigel Dodds has pledged to resist.
The Treasury is seeing £5bn in cuts across the regions, which Northern Ireland Finance Minister Nigel Dodds has pledged to resist.
The meeting is expected to last about an hour.