Subscriber OnlyPoliticsEU Leaders Go to Battle Over Plugging Post-Brexit Budget GapHeads of U.K.’s 27 partners to weigh financing hole on FridaySurvey of government positions shows split on budget remedyCIBC Says Prolonged Brexit Uncertainty Impacts Markets, BOE PolicyByJonathan Stearns and Ewa Krukowska+FollowFebruary 23, 2018, 5:00 AM UTCUpdated onFebruary 23, 2018, 11:23 AM UTCFollow @Brexit on Twitter, join our Facebook group and sign up to our Brexit Bulletin.Hashing out the European Union’s multiannual budget is a political slugfest at the best of times. Throw in Brexit and the contest looks even more bruising.