Ministers accused of ‘undemocratic’ bid to unwind Brexit as King’s Speech unveils sweeping powers to sideline MPs to take EU rules

Keir Starmer is to press on with dragging Brexit Britain closer to the EU with a new law allowing ministers to sideline Parliament and introduce Brussels’ rules under agreements that could cost taxpayers £1billion a year.

The King’s Speech today includes plans for a European Partnership Bill that explicitly aims to ‘strengthen ties with the European Union‘, with the government insisting such movement is backed by the British people.

It says the bill will ‘tear down barriers to trade’ and boost jobs by smoothing the path of agreements for food and drink exports and electricity and emissions trading worth more than £5billion

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