Truss promises to slash EU red tape – what’s the truth behind the rhetoric?

Experts take a forensic look at the PM's promise to axe to up to 2,400 laws on British statute books

Liz Truss has promised to consign to history" all EU red tape within the next year, axing to up to 2,400 laws on British statute books.

It was not just party conference rhetoric. Her government is planning to pass legislation to give itself the power to simply switch off 40 years of EU harmonisation legislation at the stroke of midnight 31 December 2023. No list of laws targeted has been published.