Sir Keir Starmer intends to propose legislation that would enable the UK to implement new EU laws without requiring Parliament to conduct a complete vote every time.
The initiative aims to simplify the UK's ability to "dynamically" adapt to upcoming regulations necessary for establishing new agreements in sectors such as food standards.
The government states that MPs and peers will maintain "a role" in examining new regulations implemented under the plan.
However, the proposals have sparked significant resistance from the Conservatives and Reform UK.
The upcoming legislation, anticipated later this year, will provide ministers with a streamlined process for presenting draft laws that conform to future European standards aimed at creating a unified market for the trade of goods and services.
The new authorities would pertain to arrangements they are negotiating with the EU regarding food standards, industrial carbon pricing, and electricity trading.
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New regulations would be implemented as "secondary" legislation, which undergoes less examination and offers MPs a more restricted role in its approval.
This reflects the procedure that was undertaken prior to Brexit—when the government implemented hundreds of similar laws annually to meet EU legal requirements.
However, it is expected to be more contentious this time, as the UK no longer has the ability to vote in the EU to influence European legislation from the outset.
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Labour has eliminated the specific Commons committee that previously evaluated new EU legislation, raising concerns about how future European regulations will be examined by MPs.
Conservative shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith stated that it would imply Parliament is "diminished to an onlooker while Brussels determines the conditions".
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Reform UK chief Nigel Farage has pledged to fight the legislation "at every turn," labeling the proposals "a covert effort to pull Britain back under European Union authority."
Liberal Democrat education representative Munira Wilson expressed to the BBC's Westminster Hour her support for a stronger connection with Europe, but she stated that any attempt to "exclude Parliament from the process" would be "incorrect and undemocratic."
Nonetheless, the government indicated that the process would enable it to implement a proposed EU agreement on food standards, which it anticipates will contribute billions of pounds annually to the UK economy by reducing regulations for exporters.
Ministers are increasingly embracing the notion that the context of the Iran war has reinforced the rationale for a closer alignment with the EU.