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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
Why Rees-Mogg’s bill to sunset EU laws is so inflammatory and what you can do about it.
However, disenchantment with Brexit has been one of the most notable trends of 2022 with a feeling that it has not lived up to the promises made at the time of the referendum. / Two thirds or 65% of British people think Brexit has gone badly compared to just 21% who think it has gone well according to an Opinium survey in early December.
The director of a wine merchant has eviscerated Jacob Rees Mogg on BBC Question Time, branding complications in importing and exporting wine due to Brexit red tape as a “joke”.
Leaving the EU has left the wine import/export business with a shocking hangover.
EU law is not bad for our health and safety – unfortunately, the same cannot be said of our government.
The Tory MP said Brits will avoid a 2 per cent increase on fish fingers and savings on some cheeses thanks to our "Brexit freedoms". / Brexit has added almost £6 billion to UK food bills over the past two years, new research has found.
Study by British Chambers of Commerce reveals flagship bill to purge EU laws is low priority for firms.
Just when we breathed a sigh of relief that the lettuce had won the battle of shelf-life with Truss, we find that a Bill originally sponsored by arch-Brexiteer, Jacob Rees-Mogg, is being rushed through Parliament, and is set to ‘double down’ on the economic and societal damage already inflicted on this country by Brexit. 
IoD and unions among groups writing to government, saying move would cause business chaos, harm rights and threaten environment.
Trading standards officers fear ‘recklessly irresponsible’ legislation poses danger to public.
Business groups and unions are urging the government not to go ahead with plans to ditch a wide range of EU laws, warning the move could cause "confusion and disruption" in the UK.
Leading British business groups and unions have called on Rishi Sunak to delay post-Brexit plans to shred all retained EU laws by 2023.
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.
Brexit denialist-in-chief Jacob Rees-Mogg is still in full flow. He denies that any harm has come from Brexit – even though he can’t find any benefits.
ANGUS Robertson has urged the UK Government to push back their "bonfire" of Brexit laws until 2029.
"Had we been a member of the European Union in February we would not have been able to set a framework to allow Ukraine to be so successful."
Businesses had protested that the ‘UKCA’ quality mark represented pointless and costly red tape.
'I will be selective about the inaccuracies (and won’t refight Brexit arguments), but start with the ludicrous claim at the bottom of column 1.'
UK GOVERNMENT plans threatening nuclear and radiation safety laws in a “Brexit bonfire” have provoked resistance from regulators and trade unionists, opposition from Scottish ministers, and alarm from campaigners.
The UK government’s post-Brexit plan to ditch all EU laws by the end of next year have fallen further into jeopardy, after civil servants discovered 1,400 more pieces of retained legislation.
Opposition to the retained EU law bill is mounting, as the government discovers the importance and popularity of EU law.
We didn't see that on the side of a bus back in 2016. A prominent pro-Brexit campaigner now says leaving the EU 'is part of the long game'. / We seriously doubt voters would have been so enthusiastic to back the Leave campaign had this been one of their taglines. Alas, even some of the most fervent defenders of Brexit are now trying to change the goalposts.