Professor Catharine Barnard and Joël Reland survey changes in regulation in the ten years since the EU referendum in this landmark report for the Constitution Society and the Federal Trust. They argue that in practice the EU and the United Kingdom are drawing closer together as a result of ongoing dependence on the EU market, capacity constraints and a lack of direction-setting in government and Whitehall. Brexit and Regulation reveals shifting political attitudes and their impact on UK/EU regulatory arrangements.
Commenting on the report, Director of the Constitution Society Professor Andrew Blick said:
“Ambitions for Brexit included a radical reshaping of the UK’s regulatory environment. A bonfire of red tape was predicted by many. Brexit and Regulation demonstrates something quite different is happening, though. The reality of trade, geography and economic interdependence means that regulatory divergence has proven harder and less desirable than many had imagined. How the government deals with this reality, and the political pressures that come along with it, will shape the constitutional future of the United Kingdom for decades to come.”
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