GREEN party leader for Oxfordshire County Council is calling for action to protect the county's economy after Brexit.

David Williams is putting forward a motion for council bosses to support an act which incorporates EU regulations into British Law.

The councillor said the vote to leave will "without doubt" do long-term damage Oxfordshire's economy including its research base and universities.

He added: "Leave vote was not a mandate for abandoning the progressive reforms the European Union helped to introduce.

"We are asking the county council to support a Consolidation Act which would incorporate all outstanding legislation resulting from EU directives and regulations which are currently in operation into British law.

"This would enormously simplify the Brexit process for Government, provide certainty for business and community groups and speed progress towards stability post-Brexit.

"Democracy in the UK cannot be mired in years of unpicking and rewriting 43 years of laws implemented when we were in the European Union."

The Green Party leader says the motion simplifies the Brexit process and is a way of protecting businesses across Oxfordshire.

Mr Williams added: "We cannot tolerate a Conservative Government as divided on how to achieve Brexit as the Labour Party is divided about its own leader."