'Economic and environmental wrecking ball': Study tots up £83bn cost of Retained EU Law Bill

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The controversial Bill is due to be debated in Parliament today | Credit: iStock

Environmental and business groups urge government to ditch plans for bonfire of retained EU law ahead of Commons debate today

Dropping or weakening EU laws that have been retained on the UK's statute books since Brexit could cost the economy tens of billions of pounds through the resulting damage to health, natural resources,...

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