NAO to examine £120m Unboxed project after MPs call it an ‘irresponsible use of public money’.

Festival’s design and execution ‘has been an unadulterated shambles,’ MP says.

The National Audit Office is to look into why the Unboxed: Creativity in the UK Festival, which opened in March, has attracted less than 1% of projected visitor numbers at a cost to the public purse of £120m.

An investigation has been launched into the £120million so-called "festival of Brexit".

The government's so-called "Festival of Brexit" is to be investigated by the public spending watchdog after it was reported the £120m project attracted less than 1% of its targeted visitors.

Visitor numbers a tiny fraction of the 66m target as National Audit Office launches inquiry.

he name might sound unfamiliar. It's the celebration that was originally called by some "the Festival of Brexit" - and it's been taking place since March. / But the cultural spectacle has now been referred to the government's spending watchdog after being accused of being a £120m waste of public money.

Since the start of this year, the project has been relentlessly criticised by politicians and the press over everything from its name to disputed audience figures.

2.8 million attended live events, organisers reveal – but project branded ‘colossal waste of money’. / The £120m arts festival known as the Festival of Brexit has been “very successful”, its director has claimed, despite falling far short of its target for visitors.

The so-called 'festival of Brexit' only got 4 per cent of the live visitors it wanted to attract - great news for taxpayers.

Michelle Donelan admits government would not run event again with ‘the luxury of hindsight’.

The Executive spent at least £3.5million on events as part of the controversial “festival of Brexit”, it has been revealed.