UK will not a pay penny more than necessary for EU exit bill: Brexit minister

Junior Brexit minister Steve Baker declined to say how much Britain might have to pay.

Steve Baker, a Minister at the Department for Exiting the European Union, leaves Downing Street, in central London. (File Photo | Reuters)

LONDON: Britain will not pay the European Union a penny more than it needs as part of its Brexit settlement, junior Brexit minister Steve Baker said on Thursday.

"We know that we have rights and obligations and we are testing the European claims, but we won't pay a penny more than we need to," Baker told Sky News.

Baker declined to say how much Britain might have to pay.