The controversial Unboxed celebration, which was branded an "irresponsible use of public money" by MPs, has reportedly attracted just 238,000 visitors since it launched in March - well short of lofty expectations.

Since the start of this year, the project has been relentlessly criticised by politicians and the press over everything from its name to disputed audience figures.

The so-called 'festival of Brexit' only got 4 per cent of the live visitors it wanted to attract - great news for taxpayers.

The "Festival of Brexit" has attracted just 238,000 visitors in the last four months – a fraction of their expected target.

An investigation has been launched into the £120million so-called "festival of Brexit".

The U.K. government has invested £120 million in the event.

The cash for Festival UK 2022 is set to be announced in Rishi Sunak's spending review.

The £120 million cost of the so-called 'Festival of Brexit' has been called a huge waste of money in a new report – and now even a former Brexit Party MEP has criticised it.

The Executive spent at least £3.5million on events as part of the controversial “festival of Brexit”, it has been revealed.

2.8 million attended live events, organisers reveal – but project branded ‘colossal waste of money’. / The £120m arts festival known as the Festival of Brexit has been “very successful”, its director has claimed, despite falling far short of its target for visitors.

Michelle Donelan admits government would not run event again with ‘the luxury of hindsight’.

The government is pressing ahead with its plans for a 'festival of Brexit', despite calls for the plan to be shelved, in fear it will alienate Remain supporters.

Figures from arts institutions fear 2022 event could alienate remain-supporting visitors.

The Government has been accused of wasting tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money on a so-called "festival of Brexit" after MP's are left in the dark about plans for the event.

The government's so-called "Festival of Brexit" is to be investigated by the public spending watchdog after it was reported the £120m project attracted less than 1% of its targeted visitors.

It can’t be a coincidence that this ‘celebration’ will coincide with 100 years of Ireland’s partition.

Local MP Jamie Stone has launched a petition calling for the UK government's "Brexit festival" to be scrapped.

The comedian, who backed Remain, distanced herself from the event, which has been branded a waste of public money.

A RIVAL to the festival of Brexit is in the works. The organisers tell us the Festival of Europe will “celebrate our European identity” as the Brexit festival, now called Unboxed, gets under way next summer.

The government has dumped Brexit from its ‘Festival of Brexit’.

The National Audit Office is to look into why the Unboxed: Creativity in the UK Festival, which opened in March, has attracted less than 1% of projected visitor numbers at a cost to the public purse of £120m.

Jacob Rees Mogg indirectly blamed for ‘politicising’ arts and culture event. / The £120million Unboxed festival, an event touted as a celebration of Brexit, has been visited by 238,000 people - a fraction of the 66 million organisers hoped would come.

Festival’s design and execution ‘has been an unadulterated shambles,’ MP says.

NAO to examine £120m Unboxed project after MPs call it an ‘irresponsible use of public money’.

The festival’s “muddled approach” was a “sure-fire recipe for failure”, Conservative MP Julian Knight said.

Pop-up forests, computer coding and a decommissioned oil rig are all among the smorgasbord of experiences unveiled today.

he name might sound unfamiliar. It's the celebration that was originally called by some "the Festival of Brexit" - and it's been taking place since March. / But the cultural spectacle has now been referred to the government's spending watchdog after being accused of being a £120m waste of public money.

Amid the cancellation of basically everything, The Festival of Brexit is still going ahead.

Prime minister’s plan to lift mood after Brexit is set to clash with anniversary of Irish civil war.

The first major attractions for the government’s £120m “Festival of Brexit” have been announced – including a “celebration of the British weather”.

MPs issue scathing report on £120m celebration dreamed up by Theresa May.

Visitor numbers a tiny fraction of the 66m target as National Audit Office launches inquiry.

Unboxed, the arts festival widely dubbed the "festival of Brexit", has seen just 238,000 visitors, against its organisers' initial "stretch target" of 66 million.

The first commissions for the event, currently titled “Festival UK* 2022”, have been revealed with Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.

A celebration of British weather and a grow-your-own food initiative will be among the festivities.

The boss of a new £120 million national festival planned for 2022 has claimed he will “bring the nation together” with “joy, hope and happiness”.