Labour to oppose 'Henry VIII powers' being used to rewrite EU laws

Jeremy Corbyn says Labour against giving ministers broad powers when MPs vote on repeal bill, calling for 'total accountability'

Labour will oppose plans in the "great repeal bill" to give ministers sweeping powers to rewrite laws with minimal interference from parliament, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

The Labour leader was responding on Sunday to reports that the government will publish a white paper setting out its plans for the bill on Thursday, a day after Theresa May starts the formal process of taking Britain out of the EU by triggering article 50.