£40 billion Brexit bill? No way, says UK negotiator

London

BREXIT negotiator David Davis on Sunday dismissed a report that Britain was prepared to pay a £40 billion (S$72 billion) divorce bill on leaving the European Union.

The Times quoted a "Brussels source" in their story on Saturday, but Mr Davis told BBC television that "they sort of made that up". "I'm not going to do an actual number on air, it would be ridiculous to do that, but we have a fairly clear idea where we're going on this," he said.