US EditionUK Could Adopt EU Single Market Rules Under New Legislation: Report
The plan would let ministers update UK rules faster on food, trade and manufacturing, but critics say it weakens parliamentary scrutiny.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer plans to introduce legislation in the King's Speech on May 13 granting ministers powers to adopt European Union rules on food standards and animal welfare without full parliamentary votes.
- Aiming to deliver a 'food & drink' trade deal worth £5.1bn annually, the government intends to use dynamic alignment to slash red tape for British exporters and manufacturers seeking access to European markets.
- The legislation utilizes so-called "Henry VIII" powers, enabling ministers to implement EU regulations via secondary legislation—a process that typically bypasses parliamentary amendments and official votes by MPs.
- Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith warned Parliament could be "reduced to a spectator while Brussels sets the terms", while Liberal Democrat MP Munira Wilson called the approach "undemocratic" and demanded parliamentary oversight.
- Labour maintains that manifesto commitments to not rejoin the EU single market or customs union remain unchanged, as Sir Keir Starmer prepares for an ambitious summit with European leaders later this year.
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In the British political jargon they call it “the powers of Henry VIII”, in remembrance of the Proclamation Act of 1539 by which the monarch claimed the right to rule by decree and to skip to Parliament. In the jargon surrounding the complicated world of Brexit they call it “dynamic alignment”: it is the idea pursued by the Labour Government of Keir Starmer, by which the United Kingdom will almost automatically incorporate the new sanitary and p…
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