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- Britain could refuse to pay the £39 billion Brexit divorce bill unless it gets a trade deal from the EU, according to Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab.
- He told The Sunday Telegraph that there should be “some conditionality” between the bill and a trade deal, but this goes against the advice of Britain’s spending watchdog.
- Raab also said the government is not bluffing when it says that crashing out of the EU with no deal would be better than a bad deal.
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has become the latest member of Theresa May’s government to threaten to withhold the £39 billion ($ 51 billion) divorce bill from the EU unless the UK gets its way in negotiations.
Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, Raab said Britain could choose not to pay the severance settlement after leaving the European Union in March next year, if the country does not get a trade deal.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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