Transporting live animals over long distances for slaughter elsewhere has long been campaigned against in the UK – but was unable to be changed due to EU Single Market laws. The UK Government is seeking to change this with an Act of Parliament.
In 2019 the EU refused to cut tariffs on Bananas. No longer bound by this, the UK is reviewing EU banana tariffs it rolled over and through CPTPP accession gave tariff concessions to Mexico and Peru. Leaving the EU is making bananas cheaper for all of us.
The burgeoning "novel foods" or cultivated meats industry is set to grow massively in the coming years, leaving the EU means we now have the capability to take something to market in the UK without having to have the sign-off from every European nation.
Brexit allowed the UK to take a leading independent role in supporting Ukraine through its conflict with Russia. Though EU member states have followed suit, they did so weeks later, which could well have been the difference between victory and defeat.
A 2022 CJEU ruling resulted in member states having to shut down open registers of corporate ownership, reducing transparency and increasing risk of corruption. As the UK is outside of the EU and CJEU, we continue with our own transparent approach.
