Sky News can reveal that the government has taken out hundreds of gagging orders as part of its preparations for a no-deal Brexit. / The orders, formerly known as non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), are legally binding contracts to stop confidential conversations being talked about in public.

Government condemned for trying ‘to rush it through’ – in echoes of Northern Ireland Protocol now being torn up. / MPs should block the Australia trade deal because the government has broken a promise to allow it to be scrutinised properly, a damning report says.

Trade committee chair Angus Brendan MacNeil said MPs had been ‘consistently hindered’ in attempts to examine the deal.

Government should lift ‘veil of secrecy’ as big decisions are made about protocol, says shadow NI secretary.

The British government secretly dropped a series of climate pledges in order to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with Australia, leaked emails appear to show.

Government urged to commit in law to publishing impact assessments of all post-Brexit free trade deals, including "a clear statement" on their "net benefit to the country".

The government's trade policy is "too secretive," with ministers avoiding scrutiny and withholding the impact of its trade agreements from the public, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.

The UK Government has been accused of a "deliberate and premeditated attack on devolution" after leaked documents appear to show it hid key parts of Brexit planning from the Welsh and Scottish governments.

Call comes after prime minister abolished Brexit committee - and ripped out right to scrutinise trade deals.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched urging MPs to take action to stop post-Brexit trade deals being signed in secret and ensure protection for the NHS.

The Road Haulage Association takes aim at the Cabinet Office minister's engagement in a letter seen exclusively by Sky News.

Campaigners had challenged the Department for International Trade (DIT) over its "hostile approach to freedom of information law".

National Audit Office study also highlights failure to get to grips with scale of challenge

The National Audit Office warned the Government must be better prepared for all scenarios when dealing with future challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic.

European Scrutiny Committee writes to Michael Gove demanding transparency on EU/UK Joint Committee.

Boris Johnson is demanding complete secrecy from the European Union as the Government dispatches its “take it or leave” Brexit blueprint to Brussels.

Downing Street tells Brussels negotiators documents must not be shared with 27 states.