Damian Green, the first secretary of state, will chair a new sub-committee devoted to domestic preparations for Brexit

Up to 8,000 civil service jobs will be created to ensure the smooth passage of Brexit.

Some 3,000 new posts have been created across Parliament to help with leaving the European Union. This includes 300 additional lawyers recruited to the government legal department in the past year.

HM Revenue and Customs has also confirmed it will recruit an additional 3,000 to 5,000 additional staff next year.

At a Brexit-focused cabinet meeting this morning, the chancellor and chief secretary to the Treasury outlined what will happen with more than half a billion pounds that the Treasury has already committed for Brexit preparations, with more than £250 million of additional funding in 2017-18.

That new funding includes spending on preparations for implementing changes at the border, preparing