Civil service reports on Brexit are criticised for padding and plagiarism

Documents on effects of leaving EU, once claimed to provide ‘excruciating detail’, expose threadbare state of preparationsThe threadbare state of government preparations for Brexit was exposed on Thursday as civil service reports once heralded for providing “excruciating detail” on the impact of leaving the EU were criticised for containing little more than padding, repetition and plagiarism.
Months of pressure for disclosure of the economic analysis culminated, several h