On the countdown to #Brexit chaos? Just why is the Civil Service seemingly so ill-prepared? #BBCNolan
Mar 21, 2018, 10:10 AM
The Head of the Civil service has revealed that the civil service here is struggling to prepare Northern Ireland for life after leaving the European Union.
David Sterling says the Whitehall department in Britain, DEFRA, has 1200 people working on policy in areas of agriculture, rural development and environment. But that "here we're barely able to muster 30 people to do similar work".
He said that position was being replicated across a range of departments including economy and criminal justice.