This report charts the UK\u2019s regulatory journey over the last five years and the path ahead. It finds that the UK has made very little use of its \u201cBrexit freedoms\u201d to diverge from EU law since 2021, and that the Labour government is now pursuing \u2018alignment\u2019 with EU rules in many areas in an attempt to remove some of the trade frictions caused by Brexit.<\/p>\n
The first half of the report is comprised of thematic chapters which gauge the scale of divergence across a range of sectors and ask why, in many cases, it has fallen short of early promises. The second then considers the challenges the Labour government will face as it embarks on its agenda of closer regulatory alignment.<\/p>\n
Tech and AI<\/strong> \u2013 Neil Ross<\/p>\n Financial Services<\/strong> \u2013 Sarah Hall<\/p>\n Employment law<\/strong> \u2013 Catherine Barnard<\/p>\n Climate and environment<\/strong> \u2013 Michael Nicholson<\/p>\n Product regulations<\/strong> \u2013 Jo\u00ebl Reland<\/p>\n Medicines<\/strong> \u2013 Mark Dayan and Tamara Hervey<\/p>\n Dynamic alignment<\/strong> \u2013 Holger Hestermeyer<\/p>\n Voluntary alignment<\/strong> \u2013 Jo\u00ebl Reland<\/p>\n Parliamentary scrutiny<\/strong> \u2013 Jill Rutter<\/p>\n Devolved powers<\/strong> \u2013 Alex Walker<\/p>\n Northern Ireland and the Windsor Framework<\/strong> \u2013 David Phinnemore<\/p>\n