Britain’s bill for Brexit hits £500m a week – and rising

Brexit is already costing the public purse £500m a week, new research has found – a stark contrast to the £350m “dividend” promised by the Leave campaign.The Centre for European Reform’s analysis also suggests that the government’s austerity drive would be on the way to completion had Britain voted to stay in the European Union.The febrile conference coincides with explosive claims that the boss of one UK-based carmaker has been flown by private jet to m