How much is the government spending on Brexit?

Analysis: Britain doesn’t leave the EU until 29 March but, says political correspondent Benjamin Kentish, the country is already counting the financial cost

Britain is set to leave the European Union in March 2019 (iStock)

Brexit is taking up the vast majority of the government’s focus as the clock ticks down to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU on 29 March.

Whitehall departments have been ordered to put non-essential work on hold and the parliamentary decks have been cleared for MPs to debate the matter.

But what about the financial cost?