Jacob Rees-Mogg criticises EU law plans as ‘pathetically under-ambitious’

The Tory MP’s speech at the National Conservatism conference in Westminster was interrupted by a protester.

Jacob Rees Mogg (Andrew Matthews/PA) (PA Wire)

Jacob Rees-Mogg has attacked the Government’s decision to scale back post-Brexit plans to scrap EU laws as “pathetically under-ambitious”.

The former cabinet minister used a speech at the National Conservatism conference on Monday to criticise Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for breaking his promise to complete a “bonfire” of remaining EU-era laws by the end of the year.

The three-day gathering in London will also feature speakers including Home Secretary Suella Braverman, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove, outspoken Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson and former Brexit negotiator Lord Frost.