Rishi Sunak pledge to review ‘2,400’ remaining EU laws doesn’t tell the full story - Full Fact

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Rishi Sunak claimed in the Telegraph that there are 2,400 remaining EU laws on UK statute books. This was true at the end of the transition period, but more than 400 laws have since been amended, repealed or replaced.

with the EU on 31 December 2020. Existing EU laws which applied in the UK—for example, in agriculture, health and safety or manufacturing—were effectively copied and pasted onto the UK’s statute books. of retained EU law, 182 are marked as having been amended, meaning they have been substantially changed to alter the intent or outcome of the policy, and 196 have been repealed.

A further 33 have been replaced, which means they have been repealed and new legislation has been introduced. This means that 2,006 pieces of retained EU legislation remain in force.

 

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Which ones though? What can I do now I couldn’t before? Loads of stuff I probably shouldn’t be doing anyway?

Wasn’t the plan to incorporate many word for word into U.K. law as we were by in large happy with them? Playing to the crowd.

They're not EU laws. They're British laws

A tory liar, shock horror

But no so far off the mark. 2000 to go.

Looks like he hasn't downloaded the latest figures into internal memory yet.

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