Menu
Thu, 28 March 2024

Newsletter sign-up

Subscribe now
The House Live All
Mission possible: Delivering tomorrow’s homes today Partner content
Economy
Data: driving the UK’s growth and productivity Partner content
Economy
By Jill Rutter
Brexit
Economy
Press releases

10 Downing St: We do not recognise £36bn 'divorce bill' figure

John Ashmore

1 min read

Read a rundown of the regular briefing with the Prime Minister's official spokesman.


The spokesman would not be drawn on reports claiming the UK is prepared to pay a £36bn 'divorce bill' to the EU.

"We made clear, the Prime Minister made clear in the letter triggering A50 that UK and EU need to discuss a fair settlement of both our rights and obligations but in terms of this figure, I don't recognise it, no.

"If I don't recognise the figure, I don't recognise the figure...We are not going to provide a running commentary or negotiate our position in public."

SIMON FRASER

He dismissed claims from former Foreign Office mandarin Simon Fraser that the talks have not been going well so far.

"We would disagree strongly, the last two months we've had a constructive start to negotiations, we've covered a significant amount of common ground.

"[The Prime Minister's] Lancaster House [speech] set out a very clear plan and that's the plan that we're working towards."

He added that the Government were "making contingency plans" in the event of not agreeing a deal with the EU.

Categories

Brexit Economy
Podcast
Engineering a Better World

The Engineering a Better World podcast series from The House magazine and the IET is back for series two! New host Jonn Elledge discusses with parliamentarians and industry experts how technology and engineering can provide policy solutions to our changing world.

NEW SERIES - Listen now