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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Rees-Mogg move to axe 2,400 laws is ‘anti-democratic’, say legal experts

Laws will be changed on 31 December 2023 ‘without any scrutiny at all,’ said barrister George Peretz KC
Laws will be changed on 31 December 2023 ‘without any scrutiny at all’, says George Peretz KC. Photograph: James Hoathly/Alamy

Leading lawyers have sounded the alarm over Jacob Rees-Mogg’s proposals for post-Brexit legislation that could result in 2,400 laws disappearing overnight – including a ban on animal testing for cosmetics, workers’ rights and environmental protections.

Lawyers including one former UK government legal official who designed the concept of EU-retained law for Theresa May branded the move as “anti-democratic” and “completely barking”.

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