Sir James Dyson, 71, sparked widespread fury after announcing he is shifting his head office out of the UK post Brexit – despite being one of the leading supporters of the campaign to quit Brussels.

Ministers lashed the move saying it looked ‘terrible’ while MPs queued up to accuse the vacuum cleaner tycoon, who owns a home in Singapore, of ‘rank hypocrisy’ and said he was taking advantage of EU trade deals.

And the news was followed today by the boss of Airbus branding the Brexit chaos ‘disgraceful’ and Eurosceptic hardliners ‘mad’ as he warned the firm, which employs 14,000 people in Britain, could leave the UK.

MailOnline can reveal the luxury office in Singapore where Sir James – who is worth £9.5billion and owns homes around the world – will shift his top executives to. 

Sir James has a property portfolio which includes a £20m London town house, a £3m chateau in Provence with its own vineyard, a £50million penthouse apartment in New York, and a 51-bedroom stately home in Gloucestershire boasting orangeries, lakes and a 300-acre park designed by Capability Brown.

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Pictures have emerged showing the interior of Dyson’s £330million global headquarters in Singapore where the firm will relocate after deserting Britain. A small sign (right) by the reception indicates the company’s presence in the building

The ‘Dyson Singapore Technology Centre’ was officially opened in February 2017, with bosses claiming that it would concentrate on robotic engineering and artificial intelligence. This picture shares the reception area of the centre, which is shared with other firms including Johnson and Johnson

 Images show some of the work spaces in the building, which was unveiled in 2017. Despite relocating offices to Singapore, Dyson has insisted it will continue to invest in Britain

Dyson currently shares the Singapore Science Park with a host of other companies such as Johnson and Johnson, top international pharmaceutical companies and a trendy co-working space called The Bridge (pictured)

The complex, in Singapore Science Park (pictured), is set to become the head office for the company with its current 1,100-strong workforce now set to double

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The bombshell announcement will mean Dyson is no longer a British registered company and Singapore will become its main tax base.

Billionaire Sir James was one of the loudest business supporters of Brexit at the 2016 referendum and when the talks stagnated in 2017 he urged Mrs May to ‘walk away’ and embrace leaving Europe.

Despite the firm’s insistence the relocation is not to do with Brexit, it is acutely embarrassing to Leave supporters.

And it comes amid mounting concern that a no deal Brexit could be disastrous for British manufacturing – particularly in the motor industry. 

Remain supporters lashed Sir James, 71, for ‘staggering hypocrisy’ and warned it was ‘damning for the Government’.  

Told by MailOnline the news about Dyson, one Brexiteer Cabinet minister grimaced and said simply: ‘Oh.’ 

It is the second blow Dyson has dealt to Brexit Britain after last year’s announcement that it will manufacturer its new electric cars in Singapore, rather than the UK.

In justifying the move, chief executive Jim Rowan dismissed the idea of Brexit and lower taxes being a motivation.

‘The move is nothing to do with Brexit or tax, it’s about making sure we are future proofed. There are huge revenue opportunities in Singapore, China is the poster child of that,’ he said.

‘The tax difference is negligible for us, we are taxed all over the world and we will continue to pay tax in the UK. We will continue to invest in the UK, in Malmesbury, in Bristol and London.’

Mr Rowan confirmed that Sir James was integral to the decision to ditch Britain. 

The decision comes just weeks after Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Singapore as he talked up Britain strengthening ties with the country.

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