SKY NEWS UK
By Alix Culbertson and Tim Baker, political reporters
Wednesday 10 May 2023 18:00, UK
Rishi Sunak had promised to review or repeal EU laws in his first 100 days in office during his leadership campaign last summer.
Ministers have scrapped their promise to replace all EU-era laws by the end of this year.
The Retained EU Law (REUL) Bill was introduced under Liz Truss and Jacob Rees-Mogg with the intention of removing all EU legislation from the UK by the end of 2023 after the UK left the bloc in 2020.
Kemi Badenoch, the business and trade secretary, has now revealed fewer than 600 laws will be revoked under the bill by the end of the year instead of the around 4,000 pledged.
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She acknowledged there are “risks of legal uncertainty” by automatically scrapping the laws by the end of 2023.
Ms Badenoch said it is “about more than a race to a deadline” and instead of looking for laws that need to be saved, the government will keep existing laws and look for those it can remove without causing problems.
She told parliament in a written statement: “Over the past year, Whitehall departments have been working hard to identify retained EU law to preserve, reform or revoke. (SKY NEWS UK )
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