UK to follow EU rules without some parliamentary votes under bill

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2026-04-13

London (PA Media/dpa) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government will follow European Union rules without necessarily giving members of parliament (MP) a vote on each piece of red tape under plans which will be unveiled in the King's Speech in May. As part of the prime minister's reset with Brussels, the UK government will seek to pass a new law which would allow single market rules to be adopted through secondary legislation. That is likely t......

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