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.

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 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.

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

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

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

London-formed trio are the latest act to be hurt by Brexit red tape.

Channel 4 is currently owned by the Government and receives its funding from advertising.

THE government’s sale of Channel 4 could be “revenge” for the station’s “biased coverage of Brexit” and “personal attacks on the PM,” a senior Conservative MP has claimed.

A senior Conservative MP has suggested the government is privatising Channel 4 as “revenge” for its coverage of Brexit.

Fresh example of ‘disastrous’ impact of hard Brexit deal on creative artists stuns MPs.

MPs issue scathing report on £120m celebration dreamed up by Theresa May.

The festival’s “muddled approach” was a “sure-fire recipe for failure”, Conservative MP Julian Knight said.

Boris Johnson vowed Brexit minister would ‘fix’ problem - but peer insists it’s down to more junior departments.