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The government paid out £97m to consultants for Brexit preparations, a watchdog has found.
NAO says no evidence of strategic thinking about funding needed for food safety
EU subsidy loss 'could wipe out farms'
09/07/2019
With three months to go before the UK could leave the European Union (EU), farmers say they still face uncertainty about future subsidy levels. / "We could be wiped out like the coal industry."
Ministers will not know whether there are enough medicines, medical supplies or freight capacity to support the NHS if the UK leaves the EU without a deal next month, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found.
Ministers still have a “significant amount” of work to do to ensure the continued supply of vital medicines to the NHS in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned.
The 'Get Ready for Brexit' media blitz cost an estimated £100m — but the National Audit Office suggests the ads failed to resonate.
'Get Ready for Brexit' campaign spent £46m of taxpayers' cash without making a difference, watchdog finds
28/01/2020
Publicity splurge was much-mocked at the time for leaving people in the dark about the preparations they should make.
Boris Johnson's government has already spent £4.4bn on Brexit preparations, new figures reveal
06/03/2020
The 22,000 civil servants working on EU withdrawal amount to 5 per cent of Whitehall total.
Government departments spent more than £4bn on preparations for leaving the EU, says the public spending watchdog.
The U.K. government has spent at least 4.4 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) preparing for Brexit since the 2016 referendum, according to figures released by the National Audit Office.
Britain’s government has spent at least 4.4 billion pounds of taxpayers’ money on preparations to leave the European Union, the public spending watchdog said on Friday, in the first detailed estimate of the cost of Brexit.
The British government has spent about 70% of the funds allocated to cover the cost of Brexit preparations. The money mostly went to cover staff costs, new infrastructure and gathering external expertise.
Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union cost the taxpayer more than £4 billion in additional government costs, the Whitehall spending watchdog has found.
Lack of proper planning and Government secrecy left UK ill-prepared for leaving the EU, spending watchdog finds
04/09/2020
The National Audit Office warned the Government must be better prepared for all scenarios when dealing with future challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic.
National Audit Office study also highlights failure to get to grips with scale of challenge
Spending watchdog claims ports and businesses are not ready for 1 January, with Northern Ireland a big concern.
UK will face ‘significant disruption’ on 1 January even if trade deal is signed, National Audit Office warns
06/11/2020
Watchdog says government has started its preparations too late.
Car drivers face two-hour queues at Dover and Folkestone from January – and even longer waits in summer
06/11/2020
A new report from the National Audit Office reveals the range of possible issues from 1 January 2021.
Britain's economic recovery from coronavirus will be slowed for two years by Brexit, EU forecasts
06/11/2020
Businesses will have to adjust to new trading conditions in the middle of a pandemic.
UK trade with the EU faces "significant disruption" when the Brexit transition period ends in January, a government spending watchdog has said.
Rules on travelling to and from European Union countries will change on 1 January 2021.
Report says delays have left Border Force officials reliant on 26-year-old technology
Exporters forced to fill in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 health certificates over eight-month period.
U.K. investment of more than 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) to smooth the passage of goods over its new post-Brexit border failed to prevent a slump in trade with the European Union.