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.

Publicity splurge was much-mocked at the time for leaving people in the dark about the preparations they should make.

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

Philippa Whitford said civil servants had been distracted by Brexit in the year before the first coronavirus lockdown.

The 22,000 civil servants working on EU withdrawal amount to 5 per cent of Whitehall total.

The U.K. government’s preparations for a no-deal Brexit took “significant time and resources” away from planning for a potential pandemic, a major report found.

Johnson's much-trumpeted FTAs “barely scratch the surface of the UK’s challenge to make up the GDP lost by leaving the EU”.

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.

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.

The government paid out £97m to consultants for Brexit preparations, a watchdog has found.

Exporters forced to fill in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 health certificates over eight-month period.

The UK’s much-vaunted post-Brexit trade deals will only increase the country’s GDP by a minuscule amount over the next 15 years, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) reveals today.

British companies have filled in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 export health certificates since Britain left the EU.

Businesses will have to adjust to new trading conditions in the middle of a pandemic.

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.

A new report from the National Audit Office reveals the range of possible issues from 1 January 2021.

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."

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.

NAO says no evidence of strategic thinking about funding needed for food safety

The 'Get Ready for Brexit' media blitz cost an estimated £100m — but the National Audit Office suggests the ads failed to resonate.

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

Report says delays have left Border Force officials reliant on 26-year-old technology

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.

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

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.

The National Audit Office is to look into why the Unboxed: Creativity in the UK Festival, which opened in March, has attracted less than 1% of projected visitor numbers at a cost to the public purse of £120m.

Government departments spent more than £4bn on preparations for leaving the EU, says the public spending watchdog.

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’.

Rules on travelling to and from European Union countries will change on 1 January 2021.

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.

Food safety is at risk because of skilled worker shortages and loss of access to vital data bases, a report says and experts’ ability to assess threats to public is being impeded by constraints.

Watchdog says government has started its preparations too late.

Spending watchdog claims ports and businesses are not ready for 1 January, with Northern Ireland a big concern.

Visitor numbers a tiny fraction of the 66m target as National Audit Office launches inquiry.

UK trade with the EU faces "significant disruption" when the Brexit transition period ends in January, a government spending watchdog has said.

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.

Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union cost the taxpayer more than £4 billion in additional government costs, the Whitehall spending watchdog has found.