SIR KEIR STARMER’S plan to use “Henry VIII” powers to align Britain with European Union single market rules was branded “rank hypocrisy” by the Communist Party today.The government plans to sideline MPs in its drive adopt a new law that would pave the way for secondary legislation imposing compliance with EU rules as part of the Prime Minister’s reset with Brussels.That is likely to mean the single market rules being rubber-stamped by MPs, as Parliament can either approve or reject secondary legislation but cannot amend it.

SIR KEIR STARMER’S plan to use “Henry VIII” powers to align Britain with European Union single market rules was branded “rank hypocrisy” by the Communist Party today.

The government plans to sideline MPs in its drive adopt a new law that would pave the way for secondary legislation imposing compliance with EU rules as part of the Prime Minister’s reset with Brussels.

That is likely to mean the single market rules being rubber-stamped by MPs, as Parliament can either approve or reject secondary legislation but cannot amend it.

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