Truss Pledges to Scrap Remaining EU Laws in UK

Liz Truss, the leading candidate to succeed Boris Johnson as the UK prime minister, vowed to scrap all remaining EU laws that still apply in Britain by 2023 if she wins the Conservative Party leadership contest.

Foreign Minister Truss is ahead of former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak in the race to win the votes of the 200,000 Conservative Party members who will vote for a new prime minister for the country.

Britain's relationship with Europe remains a primary concern for members of the Conservative Party, which is generally described as more Eurosceptic than the rest of the country.

Hoping to tap into that, Truss, who campaigned for ‘remain’ in the 2016 referendum but is now seen as the heir to Johnson’s pro-Brexit position, promised to ditch all remaining EU laws from the statute books.

To avoid uncertainty and confusion as Britain separates itself from the EU after 40 years of membership, the government has automatically transferred thousands of EU laws and regulations into British law so that they will remain in effect after Brexit.

“EU regulations hinder our businesses and this has to change,” Truss said in a statement.

The statement said she was setting out her credentials as the “Brexit delivery” prime minister.

“In Downing Street, I will seize the chance to perge from outdated EU law and frameworks and capitalize on the opportunities we have ahead of us," the statement added.