THE GUARDIAN: Government reduces number of environmental laws to cut from 1,700 to 341 but wide range to be repealed
Ministers have published the list of 600 EU laws the government plans to scrap by the end of the year in a much-reduced Brussels “bonfire” that has enraged hardline Brexiters in the Conservative party.
In a significant retreat on its retained EU law bill, the government has slashed the number of environmental laws that would have automatically expired on 31 December from 1,700 to 341. » | Lisa O'Carroll, Jamie Grierson and Michael Goodier | Monday, May 15, 2023
