Lucrative services sector cannot prepare for potentially huge new obstacles to trading in the EU – because it is ‘not sure what to prepare for’.

Home Office biggest spender as department deals with preparations to leave EU.

Damning report concludes too much work spent ‘thinking and shaping’ rather than 'getting practical things done'.

The government paid out £97m to consultants for Brexit preparations, a watchdog has found.

The government has signed a round of new Brexit contracts with outside consultants worth almost £160m.

One government department alone spent £5.5m in a single month on management consultants to help with Brexit policy, it has emerged.