Jacob Rees - Jones , chairman of the European Democrat Group of Welsh MPs , has called on UK Prime Minister Theresa May to withhold the £ 40bn ( $ 53bn ) " divorce " payment from the EU . Speaking on the BBC 's Andrew Marr Show , Rees - Mogg said May had made " a huge number " of compromises , and ought to tell the EU negotiators " if we do n’t get the trade deal we want , you do n’t get the money " .
Jacob Rees-Mogg, chairman of the European Research Group of backbench MPs, has called on UK Prime Minister Theresa May to withhold the £40bn ($53bn) "divorce" payment from the EU. Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Rees-Mogg said May had made "a huge number" of compromises, and ought to tell the EU negotiators "if we don’t get the trade deal we want, you don’t get the money".