British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out plans for a “Brexit freedoms” bill to end the special status of EU law and enable the government to amend or remove outdated EU law more easily. On the two-year anniversary of the UK’s departure from the European Union, Downing Street unveiled plans it says will ease regulatory burdens and cut £1 billion ($1.3 billion) of red tape for UK businesses, though it did not specify how the figure was calculated. Despite Brexit, many EU laws and regulations have been preserved in the UK statute book for legal continuity. The UK government has previously made clear that it intends to eventually amend, replace, or repeal all of the retained EU law that it deems “not right for the UK.” But Downing Street said that, under current rules, changing or scrapping these laws would take “several years” because of a long-winded alteration process. …
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