Truss pledges to review all EU laws as Sunak vows to tackle NHS backlog

Rishi Sunak has vowed to tackle the NHS backlog and Liz Truss has pledged to review EU laws as both make promises in the hope of becoming prime minister

Catherine Barnard, deputy director of the UK in a Changing Europe think tank, warned that greater divergence from EU law would create further barriers to trade, both between the UK and the bloc and between Britain and Northern Ireland.

"Is it going to be turned off entirely?" the EU law professor asked, adding that if it is to be replaced then there are questions over parliamentary time and Civil Service capacity. The minister would be instructed to come forward with the first set of recommendations for rules to be scrapped or changed within 100 days of Mr Sunak entering No 10.Mordaunt insists she's 'up to the job' and says attacks on her are a 'big fat compliment'

"Neither Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak have got a plan to get the country through the cost of living emergency and NHS crisis. It shows why we need a general election as soon as the new prime minister is in place, so we can kick out this failing Conservative government for good."

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