Having left the EU, access to the UK welfare system has been equalised for all non-UK citizens present in the UK, irrespective of whether they happen to be from the EU or not. A change not possible as an EU member.
In October 2021, the UK removed the ability for many EU/EEA/EFTA ID cards to be used at the border to gain entry to the UK - and in doing so massively reduced the chances of fraudulent documentation being used to get into the country.
Under EU free movement we had to allow some foreign criminals into the country who would otherwise have been stopped and turned away. Implementing equal treatment of all criminals resulted in over 12,000 EU citizens being refused entry to the UK in 2023.
Leaving the EU allowed a core desire of the UK electorate to be realised – that its laws would be decided upon and enacted by those elected to do so within the UK, including 152 areas of policy now sitting with the devolved administrations.
By leaving the EU the UK has been able to streamline the testing and approval of new medical treatments for use, without impacting patient risk and care. This is only possible due to leaving the EU and its EMA oversight.
