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Reform Internal Market act or face ‘years of inertia’, say campaigners
A Saltire flag is flanked by Union flags flying above Whitehall in Westminster, London

LABOUR must reform the Internal Market Act or risk consigning devolved governments to “years of inertia, delay and uncertainty,” campaigners have warned.

The post-Brexit Act was passed by the Tories in 2020 with the aim of harmonising legislation within the United Kindgom and creating a nationwide single market, limiting the legislative powers of devolved administrations in economic policy.

A new report for Scottish Environment Link (SEL), a charity which brings together more than 40 different environmental groups, argues that the legislation is stifling innovation.

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