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Ministers have scrapped their promise for a post-Brexit ‘bonfire’ of EU-era laws by the end of this year.
The government has ditched its plan for thousands of EU-era laws to expire automatically at the end of the year.
Rishi Sunak is facing a backlash from Tory Brexiteers after ditching a promise to complete a “bonfire” of remaining EU-era laws by the end of the year.
THE SCOTTISH Government has welcomed No 10's decision to ditch its planned Brexit “bonfire" of EU laws.
The UK has ditched plans for a Brexit "bonfire" of retained EU law, with Rishi Sunak being accused of breaking his promises by a former Cabinet minister.
The government has announced a major climbdown over its Brexit plans to remove EU laws from British statue books by the end of the year.
Only several hundred laws will now subject to Retained EU Law Bill’s 2023 sunset clause.
The Government has delayed plans for a fourth time to impose further checks on EU goods entering the UK as Jacob Rees-Mogg admitted the move would cost £1bn.
Jacob Rees-Mogg clashed with his own GB News guest during a debate on the government and Brexit. / During a fiery interview, political commentator Marina Purkiss suggested the Tories “lie and lie” and said “what you lot are doing in government is disgusting”.
The UK’s final post-Brexit border checks will cost food importers hundreds of millions of pounds under the government’s own internal estimates, adding to upward pressure on inflation.
Parliament hears proponents of leaving the EU are “in a state of confusion and denial” as calls grow for public inquiry.
The retained EU law bill is an outrageously undemocratic attempt to transfer law-making powers from parliament to Whitehall.
The Retained EU Law bill is a needless own goal – diplomatically, economically and politically.
‘Playing with fire:’ Scrapping rules to keep rivers clean after Brexit stirs up Tory rebellion
01/03/2023
Ministers have refused to rule out scrapping EU regulations that protect swimmers and wildlife.
UK still experiencing problems after three years of Brexit.
Stella Creasy compared governments claims of great Brexit benefits to “a toddler's imaginary friend. Ministers keep talking about them, but only they can see them”.
Three years on, we are covered in the scars of what it has done to this country.
The BBC’s Analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at the controversy surrounding the government’s plan to scrap thousands of EU-era laws.
Plans to scrap all remaining EU-made laws in the UK by the end of the year have cleared the Commons amid criticism from a senior Brexiteer that the process is not democratic and “possibly incompetent”.
Ministers are facing a clash with opposition and Conservative MPs over their plans to scrap EU-era laws copied over to UK law after Brexit.
Over 1,000 staff were redeployed to deal with the fall-out from leaving the EU. Now, the financial consequences are coming to light.
Iain Overton examines the lack of consequences for the Brexiters that promised us sunny uplands.
At risk are vital environmental and wildlife protections my colleagues and I worked tirelessly to establish in the European Parliament.
New staff needed to cope with the government’s controversial retained EU laws bill will cost Whitehall dearly in a financial crisis.
The government plans to press ahead with legislation that would repeal swathes of EU law by default. Anyone who cares about legal certainty should object