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

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

The £120 million cost of the so-called 'Festival of Brexit' has been called a huge waste of money in a new report – and now even a former Brexit Party MEP has criticised it.

The cash for Festival UK 2022 is set to be announced in Rishi Sunak's spending review.

The U.K. government has invested £120 million in the event.

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

The "Festival of Brexit" has attracted just 238,000 visitors in the last four months – a fraction of their expected target.

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

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.

The controversial Unboxed celebration, which was branded an "irresponsible use of public money" by MPs, has reportedly attracted just 238,000 visitors since it launched in March - well short of lofty expectations.