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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tobi Thomas

Rees-Mogg accuses Sunak of breaking his word over ‘bonfire’ of EU laws

Jacob Rees-Mogg
Speaking on Radio 4, Jacob Rees-Mogg accused Rishi Sunak of ‘behaving like a Borgia’. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused the prime minister of breaking his word over the decision not to scrap thousands of EU laws by the end of the year.

On Wednesday, the trade secretary, Kemi Badenoch, outlined changes to a supposed “bonfire” of EU legislation, which had originally meant thousands of laws would automatically face the axe on 31 December under a controversial “sunset clause” deadline.

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