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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

Brexit: Opposition parties seek to delay deletion of 4,000 EU laws

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Opposition parties will next week try to delay government plans for a bonfire of nearly 4,000 EU laws and key workers’ rights from the UK’s statute books after Brexit.

Legal experts have described the government’s proposals as “reckless” and badly designed, warning that they would give ministers too much power in deciding which laws should stay or go.

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