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Private jets and luxury yachts won’t feed the world

By Brian Monteith – 4 minute read  LEONARDO DICAPRIO is determined to be known as having more substance than just...
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#55 Brexit allows the UK to ban the import of Foie Gras made from force-fed Geese

On 4th June Labour announced it would follow suit on a promised but undelivered Conservative pledge, to ban the sale...
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#54 Leaving the EU allowed the UK to completely avoid the EU Migration Pact

The new EU Migration Pact mandates each member state takes its share of at least 30,000 asylum relocations a year,...
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#53 Labour’s election pledge to apply VAT on independent school fees required Brexit

In summer 2024 Labour announced it would remove the VAT exemption for all UK independent schools. This would not be...
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#52 The UK no longer needs to pay £150m for EU parliamentary elections to take place

In June 2024 all EU member states undertook fresh elections for the EU Parliament. In 2019 it cost the UK...
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#51 The UK is able to fully ban the domestic sale of goods such as wet wipes containing plastic

On 22nd April 2024, the UK Government announced its intention to ban wet wipes that contain plastic. This would not...
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As predicted, Rachel Reeves follows a route to disaster

By Bob Lyddon – 6 minute read A VOTE FOR LABOUR was always going to be a no-risk action –...
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Does our ‘reformed EU’ not give us the best of both worlds?

By Catherine McBride – 5 minute read AT THE TIME of the referendum, many Remainers were calling for the UK...
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A post mortem of lockdown costs – a timely analysis from the Tax Payers’ Alliance

by Ewen Stewart – 4 minute read. THE Tax Payers Alliance has published a timely and rigorous report giving hard...
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#50 Independent trade policy allows for UK artists to receive royalties on Australian resales

The UKs independent trade policy allowed the UK to secure an FTA with Australia, which included 5% commission on all...
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#49 Outside the Customs Union, the UK is able to respond to UK business needs more effectively

Now outside of the EU Customs Union, the UK is able to review and approve UK business requests for the...
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#48 Brexit allows for UK package holiday companies to avoid stifling and painful regulations

Upcoming changes to EU regulation around package holidays would see changes come into place that would hurt UK businesses, placing...
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#47 Defence procurement rule changes allow for cutting-edge weaponry rollout years earlier

Post-Brexit changes to UK defence procurement rules, have allowed the Royal Navy to accelerate the development and deployment of its...
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#46 Digitised shipping is saving UK importers thousands of pounds a week

The implementation of the Electronic Trade Documents Act allows for UK importers and exporters to benefit from fully digitised shipping...
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#45 Increasing maximum truck length increases freight efficiency and lowers emissions

Having left the EU, the UK was able to implement the positive outcomes of a trial using longer trucks for...
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#44 The UK no longer contributes more than it received from EU membership

The UK was a net contributor to the EU budget, which meant that it paid in more into the annual...
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#43 Public procurement can now be reserved for local businesses, not open to the whole EU

Changes to public procurement rules allow for tenders below a certain threshold to be reserved for application only by local...
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#42 Brexit allowed the UK to avoid an additional membership fee of over one billion a year

The EU introduced a plastic packaging levy in 2021, with each kilo not recycled resulting in an 80 cent fee....
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#41 The rollout of a leaner and more efficient Subsidy Control Regime

The UK has rolled out its own bespoke Subsidy Control Regime, which takes into account feedback from UK industry and...
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#40 Being outside the EU avoids 90 billion Euros of additional debt from the EU Covid Scheme

During the pandemic, the EU27 gave the EU the ability to take on its own debt, with the EU member...
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