Councils get £10m extra to plan for October Brexit
0Ministers have announced an additional £10m for local authorities to prepare for an October Brexit.
A government announcement this week said that the government was pledging an extra £20m, but it turned out that £10m of this was carried over from a £58m award announced earlier in the year.
Local government secretary Robert Jenrick has also asked each authority to appoint a Brexit lead to work with central government and oversee teams to plan intensively for Brexit.
Jenrick said: “From Whitehall to town halls – everyone needs to be ready to fulfil our democratic mandate to leave the European Union by the end of October.
“Local government has a vital role in helping to make Brexit a success and it is absolutely right that together we intensify preparations in every community.”
