UK abandons plan to remove all EU laws by 2023 in major Brexit climbdown.
TL;DR
The UK government has abandoned its commitment to remove all EU laws by the end of 2023, instead proposing to revoke only around 600 of the almost 4,000 EU laws remaining since Britain left the bloc in 2020. The Retained EU Law (REUL) bill had aimed to automatically remove any remaining EU laws at the end of this year unless they were explicitly chosen to be saved. The decision has sparked warnings from business and the opposition about legal uncertainty and bureaucratic chaos.
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- Government announces major Brexit climbdown on scrapping EU laws The Independent
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