'Biggest ever' EU budget overhang casts shadow on Brexit bill

By Francesco GuarascioBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The overhang of delayed payments yet to be made from the EU budget reached its highest ever level last year, the EU auditor said on Thursday, highlighting an ominous turn as Britain haggles over its Brexit bill.The 28 current member states, including Britain, committed to pay nearly 1 trillion euros (892.59 billion pounds) over the period between 2014 and 2020, the current EU budgetary period.Prime Minister Theresa May made that concession to pay beyond