Brexit: A row over money could derail Brexit talks before they have begun

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Britain is about to be hit with a colossal bill that could blow up the Brexit negotiations




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Time to pick up the tab




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The European Union’s exit charge








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THESE are exhilarating times for the 52% of British voters who last summer opted to leave the European Union. After months of rumours that an anti-Brexit counter-revolution was being plotted by the Europhile establishment (who even won a Supreme Court case forbidding the government from triggering Brexit without Parliament’s permission), it at last looks as if independence beckons. This week the House of Commons voted to approve the process of withdrawal. The prime minister, Theresa May, will invoke ...