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UK civil service grew by 100,000 to cope with post-Brexit pressures – report

Northern Ireland’s civil service, despite new pressures, remains largely the same size

A think tank has found that eight years on, Brexit is still not done. Picture: Getty

The size of Northern Ireland's civil service has increased only marginally since the Brexit vote in 2016, despite new administrative challenges since leaving the EU.

It comes despite the overall size of the British civil service increasing by 100,000 in the same period, according to a leading Whitehall think tank, as the UK grapples with the challenges of life outside the bloc.

The UK in a Changing Europe, a report on Brexit and the British ...