Warning of row over UK’s Brexit divorce bill

The dispute over the size of the bill Britain will have to pay Brussels as part of its EU divorce bill could blow up at a very early stage, one of the country’s leading Brexit experts has predicted.

Edgar Morgenroth, a research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute, said political opposition in the UK to paying even a small amount of money will be immense.

The divorce bill is expected to cover outstanding payments Britain owes for items such as pension liabilities to bureaucrats in Brussels and a settlement for Britain’s part of the multi-year expenditure the EU has committed to countries across the world.