Staggering cost of Burnham's EU reset: We'll be forced to adopt a new Brussels directive every 12 hours

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The report by a parliamentary committee warns the Prime Minister Andy Burnham's plan to sign up to EU rules on food and farming will lead to an avalanche of new Brussels regulations in the UK.

Published: 01:22 GMT, 13 November 2026 | Updated: 01:41 GMT, 13 November 2026

Britain will be forced to adopt a new EU regulation every 12 hours under Andy Burnham's Brexit reset, a major study has found.

The committee found that the deal – which is due to be signed off by Mr Burnham next week – is likely to require the UK to adopt 'at least 780 pieces of EU law' each year.

And Britain's ability to influence the new laws it is forced to adopt is 'likely to be limited', the report warns.

It says that rose-tinted Treasury assessments of the deal have failed to take into account the cost to businesses of complying with a tidal wave of new regulations.

Rejoining the EU's electricity market, which the Prime Minister is also set to agree to next week, could even drive up energy bills in the UK, the report warns.

Former Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay told the Daily Mail that Mr Burnham's plan would undermine his pledge to restore control to the public and break with the consensus of the past 40 years.

Britain will be forced to adopt a new EU regulation every 12 hours under Andy Burnham's Brexit reset, a major study has found

After meetings with EU leaders in Dublin on Thursday, Mr Burnham said he believed a 'win-win' deal could be done with the EU that could be 'more like the Brexit that people thought they were voting for in 2016'

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