The UK has paid £2.3bn to the EU after losing a long-running trade dispute, with the amount including £1bn in interest

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The UK has paid £2.3bn to the EU after losing a long-running trade dispute, with the amount including £1bn in interest.

The government announced the figure in a Written Ministerial Statement before recess next week.

 

The payments relate to a disagreement over the importation of Chinese textiles and footwear between 2011 and 2017 - when the UK was still part of the European Union.