David Davis hints that Britain will STILL pay money to Brussels AFTER Brexit

• Brexit Secretary slipped out statement indicating the UK will still pay cash to EU
• It said the UK recognises obligations to EU will 'survive the UK's withdrawal'
• Will enrage Brexiteers who do not want UK to continue coughing up for Brussels

David David has hinted for the first time that Britain will still pay money to the European Union after Brexit. 

In a statement slipped out yesterday, the Brexit Secretary said the UK has  'obligations' to fulfil that would 'survive the UK's withdrawal'.

The comments will enrage Brexiteers who say the UK must not pay huge amounts into Brussels' coffers after we leave the bloc.

And it is being interpreted in Brussels as a slap down of Boris Johnson who earlier this week said the EU can 'go whistle' for their demands for a hefty divorce bill.

In the written parliamentary statement, Mr Davis outlined Britain's position on any financial settlement.

He said: 'On the financial settlement, as set out in the Prime Minister’s letter to President Tusk, the Government has been clear that we will work with the EU to determine a fair settlement of the UK’s rights and obligations as a departing member state, in accordance with the law and in the spirit of our continuing partnership. 

'The Government recognises that the UK has obligations to the EU, and the EU obligations to the UK, that will survive the UK’s withdrawal—and that these need to be resolved. '

Mr Davis is set to meet the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday for a second round of crunch Brexit talks.

While at home, the government is facing the prospect of many months of guerrilla warfare in the Parliament by MPs determined to oppose plans for our withdrawal.

Labour, Nicola Sturgeon and the Welsh government last night threatened to band together to derail the Repeal Bill that ends the EU’s power over Britain. 

Ministers yesterday published legislation to repeal the European Communities Act, which enshrines the supremacy of EU law – and the European courts.

It will smooth the path to Brexit by transferring thousands of EU regulations into British law, preventing legal uncertainty.

But Labour’s Brexit spokesman Sir Keir Starmer warned that his party would try to block the legislation when MPs vote in September as it will not bring a controversial human-rights charter into UK law.