Thread by @MShepheard

On what would have been exit day we have a new @instituteforgov paper for you. This looks back at how Brexit has changed UK Government. This is a phenomenal piece of work, led by @lewisalloyd, a lot to reflect on.

We present 'The Brexit Effect'

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/b…

My three top takeaways from this report.

1) Brexit has been expensive. Seven departments have been allocated more than £100m in additional funding, with the Defra being allocated £787.4m and the Home Office getting £935m extra!

2) Brexit has divided the parties at every level. Within the Government this has led to a record number of ministers resigning from post. Initially mostly in favour of a harder Brexit, but increasingly those resigning have done so to vote against things like 'no deal'

3) Parliament has been dominated by Brexit, and the combination of the division on this issue, and a minority government has produced an unprecedented number of nail-bitingly close votes. The tension this has created has in turn fed the divisions, creating a bleak cycle

For more, I commend the full report to you.

Further analysis on this from @instituteforgov forthcoming. And credit to my colleagues who helped make this. @addadc @aliceolilly @jillongovt @lvalsami @gemmatetlow @johnny_c_lillis @ThimontJack @Aron_Cheung and @AkashPaun