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

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

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.

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'.