Philip Rycroft, the former Permanent Secretary for the DExEU ... discusses the 2016 EU referendum, the possibility of Scotland gaining independence

His departure sparked claims the "chaotic" Brexit department was struggling to cope.

UK PM Boris Johnson had been wildly happy about his new EU exit deal; then he introduced a law undermining both it, and the last round of trade negotiations. Speaking with two former permanent secretaries of the UK’s EU exit department, Matt Ross asks whether Johnson is applying firm leverage – or deliberately sabotaging the trade talks.

Brussels was “preparing for the worst” over Brexit on Wednesday after the UK signalled the EU’s offer to scrap up to 80 per cent of checks on goods entering Northern Ireland was not enough to resolve the bitter dispute over the Irish border.

Brussels ready to slap tariffs and quotas on UK exports – and even to ‘suspend cooperation in certain sectors’

A former senior civil servant in charge of Brexit planning has warned some British businesses may “give up importing” as a result of new rules implemented in the new year.

The outcome being pursued by the prime minister in the Brexit trade talks will not avoid costly friction at the border.

Everyone should worry about no deal, the civil servant who was, until March, head of the Brexit department has said.

No-deal exit would trigger complex negotiations, argues former top DexEU civil servant.

Leaving the EU confronts my former colleagues with a greater challenge than Whitehall has faced for generations.

‘Everybody should be worried about what happens in a no-deal situation,’ Philip Rycroft says in interview with BBC Panorama.

Many British businesses may “give up importing” as a result of new strict rules that came into force on Saturday, on 1 January, a former senior civil servant in charge of Brexit planning has warned.

Karen Wheeler’s resignation stokes fears the UK will not be ready for a no-deal Brexit by October. / The government official in charge of delivering “frictionless” Brexit border arrangements, including emergency plans for Dover and Ireland in the event of no deal, has quit just two years into her job.

Philip Rycroft says PM’s ‘muscular brand of unionism’ has deepened divisions between four nations.

Inflation and the cost-of-living crisis – both of which are also linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – have been made worse by the cost of Brexit, according to the Ex-Secretary of the Department for Exiting the EU.

"And for those people blaming who are blaming the EU, it's not the EU's fault. We voted for this."

Former No 10 chief of staff says it is ‘dishonest’ to pretend Brexit deal has not added costs to trade.