UK. May Wants Something in Return as Brexit Money Offer Set to Rise
Prime Minister Theresa May is ready to put more money on the table to settle the Brexit divorce bill — but the Brits are plugging away at getting the European side to give her something in return.
“We’re headed in the right direction and what matters now is that the U.K. and EU take a step forward together,” James Slack, May’s spokesman, told reporters on Tuesday in a sign that any improved offer on the bill must be matched with a pledge to start talking about trade.
Members of her cabinet’s Brexit sub-committee met Monday to thrash out a strategy that would be acceptable to both the pro- and anti-European factions of her senior team. Specific figures and scenarios are subject to negotiation, he said in response to reports that U.K. will up offer to EU to 40 billion pounds — 45 billion euros or $53 billion.
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