- UK could end up paying into EU coffers for years, Brexiteers warned last night
- Comes as Britain will help to determine the EU’s £1 trillion budget up to 2027
- EU officials believe UK will keep paying billions to Brussels for years after Brexit
The UK could end up paying into EU coffers for years, Brexiteers warned last night, after it emerged Britain will join negotiations on the bloc’s future budget.
Britain will help to determine the EU’s £1 trillion budget up to 2027 after European countries defied Brussels and said UK officials could take part in negotiations.
The invitation was made because EU officials believe Britain will keep paying billions of euros to Brussels for years after Brexit.
The UK could end up paying into EU coffers for years, Brexiteers warned last night, after it emerged Britain will join negotiations on the bloc’s future budget (stock image)
The European Commission is opposed to the plan, which was devised by the EU Council, which represents member states.
The commission says Britain will use budget discussions to change the rules to make it easier for the country to join science, research and other spending programmes after leaving the EU.
Pro-Leave Tories are also unimpressed as they fear that it raises the chance of Britain continuing to pay big sums to the EU.
‘This is the type of trickery that the EU gets up to,’ Bill Cash said. ‘We have agreed to pay £39 billion to get out of the EU’s treaty structure.
‘Taking part in these budget talks risks ensnaring us again.’
Fellow Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg said: ‘While we might be comfortable supporting a small number of limited projects that were in our common interest, I think it very strange that we would want to participate in the whole multi-annual framework.’
Pro-Leave Tories such as Jacob Rees-Mogg (pictured) are unimpressed as they fear that it raises the chance of Britain continuing to pay big sums to the EU
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