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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Severin Carrell and Jessica Elgot

Scottish and Welsh ministers criticise ‘cack-handed’ plans to scrap EU rules

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The proposed bill will have a significant impact on hundreds of areas controlled by devolved governments. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Senior ministers in the Welsh and Scottish governments have furiously criticised “last-minute and cack-handed” plans from the Conservatives to scrap or amend thousands of EU rules.

The move – nicknamed the “Brexit freedoms bill” – has also raised alarm from constitutional experts who said it would make it easier for ministers to bulldoze through important parliamentary scrutiny.

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