Private equity veteran Guy Hands says Boris Johnson ‘threw the country and the NHS under the bus’.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has published a list of nine ‘Brexit opportunities’. It’s both pitiful and dangerous.
Study by British Chambers of Commerce reveals flagship bill to purge EU laws is low priority for firms.
A bill to remove EU-derived laws that include 570 environmental regulations will cause serious ecological harm, charities and MPs have warned.
Insurance regulator says post-Brexit softening of rules will put billions of pounds of pension saving at risk.
Rishi Sunak reportedly planning to open bidding for towns, cities and regions to become designated zones where UK taxes and tariffs will not apply.
Contaminated food ‘will be a problem if EU rules are ditched’, Food Standards Agency says
01/11/2022
People are at risk of eating contaminated food if Rishi Sunak presses ahead with a deadline for scrapping EU regulations, the safety watchdog has warned.
Environment secretary George Eustice wants to tear up a key piece of European law that environmentalists say protects cherished habitats in the UK.
This is a classic example of a big, bold campaigning promise colliding with reality.
Animal health bodies have welcomed the government’s U-turn on its plans for scrapping swathes of retained EU legislation, which could have wiped out 44 animal welfare laws.
The E Foundation worked with UK thinktank on Brexit and is alleged to favour weakening EU food regulations.
Brexit bonfire of EU laws could let water companies conceal sewage discharges, campaigners warn
14/03/2023
The Environmental Information Regulation allows the public to demand data from private water companies, but it is at risk of being scrapped by the Government.
Leaked government documents 'confirm worst fears' about workers’ rights after Brexit, says Labour
26/10/2019
The Labour Party has hit out at leaked plans to diverge from EU workers' rights laws after Brexit.
The Tory leadership contender tried to get back on the front foot, saying he'd task a new Brexit department to review 2,400 laws and come up with initial recommendations for "each" of them in 100 days.
In frank interview, EU chief negotiator tells Britain that any lowering of regulatory standards will be punished.
Labour says leaked proposals a ‘disgrace’ but business secretary insists government will not water down standards.
Establishing the tax havens could make it harder to sign a trade deal with the EU.
The government’s plan to remove all remaining EU regulation could do even more damage to the UK’s weakened economy, say businesses.
The BBC’s Analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at the controversy surrounding the government’s plan to scrap thousands of EU-era laws.
Controversial Tory bill set to inflict further damage on businesses, with no clues yet about incoming legislation.
Charles Michel says British ‘face a dilemma’ over whether to lower regulatory standards.
UK defends new post-Brexit finance reforms
09/12/2022
Britain on Friday launched a post-Brexit plan to relax curbs on its powerhouse City sector introduced after the 2008 financial crisis, denying the reforms will bring about new instability.
Brussels rules out 'mutual recognition' of regulations between EU and UK ahead of talks.
Ahead of another vote in the Tory leadership race, former chancellor Rishi Sunak pledges to get rid of those pesky EU regulations and unleash Britain’s potential. Where have we heard that before?
HOLYROOD has been urged to withhold consent to the UK Government's so-called Brexit freedoms bill. / The plans to scrap at least 2,400 laws carried over from the UK’s 47-year membership of the EU have proved controversial.