EU's defence funding demand may swell UK's Brexit bill

Published Wed, Feb 7, 2018 · 09:50 PM

Brussels

THE UK will be asked to make financial contributions to the European Union after Brexit that could go beyond what was agreed last year, according to a draft document on the bloc's position.

The document translates the EU's negotiating position into a concrete legal text that will form the basis of the final exit agreement. As details are added on the terms of the transition period - a two-year grace period that businesses are desperate to pin down - some of the conditions have been tightened and the UK has vowed to push back on at least some of them.