Boris Johnson threatens to withhold £30bn of ecu 'divorce bill' below a no-deal Brexit

Boris Johnson will inform european boss Donald Tusk concerning the 'divorce invoice' at the G7 summit

The prime Minister will throw down the gauntlet to Donald Tusk, president of the eu Council, in a showdown assembly on the G7 summit in Biarritz on Sunday.

in line with The Sunday times he will say the £39bn  agreed below Theresa might also to surrender to Brussels may still be reduce to just £9bn, or at the same time as little as £7bn.

Mr Johnson's complicated stance is a component of a push to get the european to agree to his name to drop the Northern Irish backstop and re-open negotiations on the Withdrawal contract.

The newspaper talked about he ordered number 10's legal professionals to calculate how a good deal the uk is legally obliged to pay as soon as Britain exits the european with out a deal in location.

A senior govt supply stated: "The PM has all the time noted it was a big mistake to conform to the divorce invoice earlier than any Brexit deal had been finalised.

"If there isn't any deal, Brussels will deserve to organise a whip round — they'll need to plug an enormous hole from our contribution and they'll want billions to hold eire afloat."

remaining week the French President Emmanuel Macron had insisted to Mr Johnson that he ought to pay the entire volume agreed with the aid of his predecessor despite how the united kingdom exits the bloc.

but a Downing highway source advised the Mail on Sunday: "Boris desires to see fair phrases for the uk's exit in return for the billions we are meant to pay."

The £39bn determine become signed off by means of then-Chancellor Philip Hammond, whatever thing Brexiteers had been unhappy about on the time.

A executive source informed the identical newspaper: "The PM has always said it changed into a major mistake for Hammond to agree to the divorce bill earlier than any Brexit deal had been finalised."

Mr Johnson's talks with Mr Tusk at the summit within the south of France are anticipated to be combative after the european boss warned the PM he may still do everything he can to no longer go down in history as "Mr No deal".

the uk chief hit lower back, asserting: "If Donald Tusk doesn't are looking to go down as 'Mr No Deal Brexit' then i'm hoping that point may still be born in intellect with the aid of him too."