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What happened to the Β£350m a week?

The UK's financial contribution to the EU was one of the most contentious issues in the EU referendum campaign. Vote Leave pledged to repatriate Β£350m a week - its estimate of the UK's gross weekly contributions to the EU if the UK left.

But since the Brexit vote, Prime Minister Theresa May has been noticeably silent on the subject. Could that be because we won't be getting that money back anytime soon? Newsnight's political editor Nicholas Watt has the story.

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