Sunak may deprioritise Rees-Mogg Brexit bill to switch off 2,400 EU laws

Prime minister is told hundreds of staff needed to review legislation

Rishi Sunak is considering deprioritising Jacob Rees Mogg's controversial bill to switch off 2,400 retained EU laws covering everything from holiday pay rights to environmental protections and aircraft safety.

The new prime minister has been told it would take 400 staff in the business department alone to review 300 pieces of legislation that resulted from directives, decisions and EU rules over the past 50 years, the Financial Times reported.