UK's Prime Minister Mrs Theresa May is to Take Britain’s First Step Towards Leaving The European Union EU

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UK prime minister Mrs Theresa May has set out to take a great step to get Britain out of EU by introducing ‘Great Repeal’ bill on Sunday.

The legislation will overturn the 1972 European Communities Act — the domestic law that gives the EU powers in Britain — Mrs May told the Sunday Times. It will also convert existing EU-based laws into purely domestic legislation. 

Mrs May also said she would not wait until after the German elections next autumn before triggering Article 50 — the official legal notification to Britain’s EU partners that it is leaving the bloc. The timing will be based on “UK interests”, not the convenience of other European nations, she told the Sunday Times.

“The authority of EU law in Britain will end,” she said. 

In her words;-

"At the moment we leave, Britain must be back in control and that means EU law must cease to apply,” he will say. “To ensure continuity, we will take a simple approach: EU law will be transposed into domestic law, wherever practical, on exit day.” 

Mr Davis also moved to offer reassurance that leaving the EU would not erode workers’ rights. 

Mrs May’s announcement comes a day after chancellor Philip Hammondreassured businesses that skilled workers would not be “shut out” of a post-Brexit Britain. Departure from the EU would be achieved “in a way that allows the UK economy to go on growing”, he said. 

In the Sunday Times interview, the prime minister also explicitly ruled out a general election before 2020, scotching heated speculation among opposition parties that they could go to the polls much earlier. 

Over the parliamentary break this summer Westminster was gripped by rumours that Mrs May could attempt to take advantage of her commanding lead in the opinion polls by going to the electorate within the next year. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn last week told party activists to prepare for an early contest. 

Tory aides had always denied that any such plan was on the cards. Mrs May said going to the polls within the next four years would cause “instability”.