Britain will withhold $37 billion from EU in no-deal Brexit: Mail on Sunday

Reuters

Published Aug 24, 2019 05:15PM ET

Britain will withhold $37 billion from EU in no-deal Brexit: Mail on Sunday

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to tell European Union leaders he will withhold 30 billion pounds ($37 billion) from the Brexit divorce bill unless they agree to changes to the deal, the Mail on Sunday reported.

If Britain leaves the bloc without a trade deal, lawyers have concluded the government's will only have to pay the EU 9 billion pounds, rather than 39 billion pounds, the newspaper reported. This is because there will not be any of the costs associated with any transition period, the newspaper said.