Business secretary Grant Shapps has come under pressure to scrap his plans to tear up established EU rules that sit within the UK’s legislative framework over fear of ‘significant disruption’.
In a letter on 23 November, several representative groups – including the Institute of Directors, the Trades Union Congress, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and the Employment Lawyers Association – said the planned bill to end retained EU rules would "automatically sweep away thousands of pieces of legislation and established legal principles”.
