Brexit’s £400m bill

PREPARATIONS for Brexit have cost taxpayers at least £400 million in this financial year, with the bill expected to jump to £900 million or more in 2018/19, according to a new report.

And the total spent across government could reach £2 billion over the two years running up to Brexit day on March 29, 2019, said the Institute for Government think tank. A further £1.5 billion set aside for after Brexit “could prove to be a fairly comprehensive slush fund”, the think tank warned.