There was anger from some Cabinet colleagues with one accusing the foreign secretary of an unhelpful move that placed “personal ambition ahead before the interests of the country”. She made clear that while the intervention was “absolutely fine” she did not want the foreign secretary “managing the Brexit process” during an interview on the Andrew Marr show. In a letter to to the foreign secretary Norgrove slapped down the use of the £350m figure, arguing: “This confuses gross and net contributions. That led to the UK Statistics Authority responding with the suggestion that it was not a fair reflection of the call. “I’m glad to see the independent UK Statistics Authority has the courage to slap Boris down.

Source: The Guardian September 17, 2017 14:34 UTC