Britain willing to discuss paying into EU to join electricity market, says minister

Hamish Falconer says UK has ‘not accepted principle’ of linking electricity trade to ‘cohesion fund’ but two sides will discuss issue Britain is willing to discuss paying towards infrastructure schemes in poorer parts of the EU in return for access to the European electricity market, according to the minister in charge of renegotiating the bilateral relationship.

Hamish Falconer, the cabinet minister in charge of EU talks,…