Rishi Sunak is facing mounting opposition to his government’s plans to “review or revoke” some 4,000 pieces of EU-origin legislation that have roots in the UK’s membership of the EU by the end of this year.
Legislation to enact the plans — the Retained EU Law Bill — returns to the Commons on Wednesday but is attracting a growing chorus of complaints from business groups, legal experts, civil servants, trade unions and conservation groups.
However leading Conservative Brexiters such as Jacob Rees-Mogg say the bill is essential in order to purge the UK statute book of unwanted EU regulations in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum.
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