Downing St has rejected the EU's estimate of the UK's post-Brexit divorce bill after new figures put the total debt at £40.8bn.
The sum was published in the EU's accounts for 2020, which also state that the UK should pay the EU £5.8bn this year.
No 10 insisted the bill - which covers spending commitments made before the UK left the EU - stands between £35-39bn.
It said the EU estimate did not reflect "all the money owed back to the UK".
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