Britain prepares to pay BILLIONS to the EU after Brexit deal

Britain prepares to pay BILLIONS to the EU after Brexit deal or no deal despite claims crashing out would mean cutting the £39bn divorce bill

• Ministers have agreed in principle to paying much of the £39billion divorce bill 
• The EU wants £6billion for this year's membership fees in a deal or no deal 
• Billions is also owed for pensions, loan guarantees and costs from membership 
• Brexiteers had insisted leaving with no deal would save most of the divorce bill  
• Britain is preparing to pay billions of pounds to the EU whether it gets a deal or not in time for exit day, it emerged today.
  Cabinet ministers agreed in principle to paying huge tranches of the £39billion divorce bill whatever happens in the talks, the Telegraph revealed.
  Under the plans, a law for the payment plan will tabled in Parliament in the final days of the negotiations next month.
  Britain is obliged under existing treaties to pay much of the divorce bill regardless of whether it gets a deal - despite claims crashing out would slash the cost.
  Chunks of the money relate to payments the UK has already agreed to pay while a member of the bloc. 
  The EU has said it expects full subscriptions from Britain for the rest of 2019 whatever happens - around £6billion for the period from April to December.
  Britain is under acute pressure to pay for 2020 as well - another £10billion - to help smooth any disruption from a no deal Brexit.Whatever happens it will also have to cover its share of pensions, loan guarantees and other payments hanging over from the 40-year UK membership of the EU. 
  The revelation came as Mrs May faces a titanic Cabinet battle over Brexit today amid signs she is ready to surrender to a Remainer revolt.
  The PM is gathering her senior team as tensions hit new heights, with negotiations deadlocked in Brussels and just weeks to go until the UK is due to crash out.
  Cabinet sources told MailOnline there were 'encouraging' signs that Mrs May is now ready to delay Brexit to avert mass resignations by ministers who are determined to rule out no deal in crunch votes tomorrow.
  

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  The EU - coordinated by Council President Donald Tusk (pictured in Egypt yesterday) has said it expects full subscriptions from Britain for the rest of 2019 whatever happens - around £6billion for the period from April to December.
  But the expected concession will cause fury among Eurosceptics who have been adamant the option of leaving without an agreement must be kept on the table.
  Ministers are bracing for stormy clashes during the crucial session in Downing Street this morning, with Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom likely to be among those resisting the shift.
  Mrs May again drew a blank after a frantic round of Brexit talks with EU counterparts at a summit in Egypt over the past two days.
  EU council chief Donald Tusk heaped pressure on the PM by urging her to take the 'rational solution' of an extension. One proposal favoured in Brussels is a 21-month delay, which would essentially replace the transition period.
  However, the PM's aides have suggested she is only likely to hold out the prospect of a shorter two-month postponement.