Rees-Mogg move to axe 2,400 laws is ‘anti-democratic’, say legal experts

Laws that could disappear include ban on animal testing, workers' rights and environmental protections

Leading lawyers have sounded the alarm over Jacob Rees-Mogg's proposals for post-Brexit legislation that could result in 2,400 laws disappearing overnight - including a ban on animal testing for cosmetics, workers' rights and environmental protections.

Lawyers including one former UK government legal official who designed the concept of EU-retained law for Theresa May branded the move as anti-democratic" and completely barking".