Britain will be legally bound to pay its £39bn Brexit divorce bill before the details of a future EU trade deal are agreed, a minister has admitted.
MPs will be asked to authorise the payment when they vote on the withdrawal deal in the autumn, Suella Braverman said – but there will be no trade treaty until after the UK leaves the EU next year.
The admission was seized on by some MPs, who said David Davis had previously vowed to impose “conditionalities” in the Brexit deal, to protect the taxpayer.
But, under fierce questioning, Ms Braverman acknowledged the EU would only be signing a “duty of good faith” to pursue an extensive trade agreement.
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