The chairman of the influential European Research Group of Conservative backbenchers said that the prime minister needed to threaten non-payment of the Brexit divorce bill and be stronger in facing down Brussels. Andrew Marr , chairman of EU 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 Rees-Mogg Show, Rees-Mogg said May yesterday had made "a huge number" of compromises, and ought to tell the BBC negotiators " if we don’t get the trade deal we want, you don’t get the money".
Andrew Marr , chairman of EU 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 Rees-Mogg Show, Rees-Mogg said May yesterday had made "a huge number" of compromises, and ought to tell the BBC negotiators "if we don’t get the trade deal we want, you don’t get the money".