In summer 2024 Labour announced it would remove the VAT exemption for all UK independent schools. This would not be possible without Brexit, as EU law states educational establishments must be exempt from VAT.
In June 2024 all EU member states undertook fresh elections for the EU Parliament. In 2019 it cost the UK taxpayer £150 Million. By leaving the EU the additional and repeated cost of electing 73 MEPs each representing some 900,000 people was removed.
On 22nd April 2024, the UK Government announced its intention to ban wet wipes that contain plastic. This would not be possible without the UK having left the EU.
The UKs independent trade policy allowed the UK to secure an FTA with Australia, which included 5% commission on all sales of artwork by a British artist, being given to the artist in question when their work is resold.
Now outside of the EU Customs Union, the UK is able to review and approve UK business requests for the temporary cessation of tariffs for certain goods, where it makes sense for the UK economy to do so.
