UK government authorities and businesses will not be prepared for life outside the EU’s single market regardless of whether talks on a post-Brexit trade deal bear fruit, the Institute for Government (IfG) think tank said on Tuesday (3 November). “Even if the UK civil service has the necessary resources to do so, the devolved administrations, local authorities and businesses may well be overwhelmed,” the IfG argued in a report ‘Preparing Brexit: How Ready is the UK?’ Although UK ministers have piloted new immigration and agriculture bills through Parliament, the future state aid regime and a domestic replacement of ... (full story)