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Keir Starmer is planning new legislation which will mean the UK can adopt EU single market rules, as the government\u2019s Brexit reset efforts continue apace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The new law, set to be unveiled in next month\u2019s King\u2019s Speech, would allow ministers to adopt EU single market rules without approval from MPs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The bill would bring the UK\u00a0further in line with EU law\u00a0on areas such as food standards, animal welfare and pesticide use, a process known as \u2018dynamic alignment.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The government hopes this will lower costs and reduce paperwork for businesses, helping boost growth in Britain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The bill\u2019s power would mean that once agreements have been reached with the EU, any further changes deemed in the national interest can be waived through without the full scrutiny of parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Changes would be put through using secondary legislation. These Henry VIII-era clauses allow minister to make changes without having to wait for parliamentary approval, the\u00a0Independent\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Whilst parliament would still be able to approve or reject secondary legislation, they would not be able to amend it. Effectively, this means MPs would be rubber-stamping new deals instead of giving them a full debate in Parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Prime minister Keir Starmer has said the changes would be made for the \u201cUK\u2019s best interest\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re in a world where there\u2019s massive conflict, great uncertainty, and I strongly believe that the UK\u2019s best interests are in a stronger, closer relationship with Europe, whether that\u2019s defence and security, energy, inevitably, and also, our economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Predictably, the plans have been met with anger from the Conservatives and Reform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Reform leader Nigel Farage claimed the legislation was a \u201cbackdoor attempt to drag Britain back under European Union control\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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He vowed to oppose the legislation \u201cevery step of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Meanwhile, shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith said it would mean Parliament is \u201creduced to a spectator while Brussels sets the terms\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Whilst Labour\u00a0has ruled out\u00a0rejoining the EU single market or\u00a0customs union, the plans are the latest in their efforts to seek closer ties with the trading bloc and reset the relationship that became so strained in the wake of Brexit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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