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Brexit voters infuriated by reported EU divorce bill cost

Wednesday, 29 November 2017 6:14 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 29 November 2017 6:14 PM ]

In this posed photograph, newly issued 12-sided £1 (one pound) coins are pictured in a pile in London on March 28, 2017. (AFP photo)

Prime Minister Theresa May faced a backlash on Wednesday from supporters of Brexit after reports that she is ready to pay much of what the European Union is demanding to settle the country's "divorce bill" to leave the bloc.

The Daily Telegraph newspaper said the net bill would total 45 billion to 55 billion pounds ($53 billion to $65 billion) . A government official cast doubt on those numbers and the European Commission declined to comment, but there is a growing expectation that the sides will clinch a deal on cash.

In the coastal town of Canvey Island, east England and its surrounding constituency of Castle Point, 72.7% voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum.

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