U.K.’s Labour to Challenge Tories on EU Repeal Bill, Times Says
- Shadow Brexit secretary seeks safeguards for market access
- Opposition party to lobby pro-EU Tories to support amendments
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The U.K. opposition Labour Party will seek major changes in legislation repealing laws that took Britain into the European Union four decades ago as a way to stay in the bloc’s customs union and single market, the Times said, citing a letter from the party’s Brexit spokesman.
Keir Starmer wrote to his Conservative Party counterpart, Brexit Secretary David Davis, to warn that unless changes are made to safeguard “crucial rights and protections,” the party will oppose the so-called Great Repeal Bill when it is considered in Parliament on Thursday, the newspaper said Saturday.