EU and Britain agree settlement post Brexit - senior EU official

The European Union has agreed a financial settlement with Britain, a senior EU official told Reuters on Thursday, under which London has committed to paying a set share of EU budgets after Britain has left the bloc.A spokesperson for Britain's Department for Exiting the European Union was not immediately available for comment.Overall, the EU side was "optimistic" that agreement could be reached on the conditions to allow EU leaders to agree during a Dec. 14-15 summit to open talks on post-Brexit