On 4th June Labour announced it would follow suit on a promised but undelivered Conservative pledge, to ban the sale in the UK of imported Foie Gras made using the traditional method of force-feeding Geese. Such a ban is impossible without leaving the EU Single Market.
The new EU Migration Pact mandates each member state takes its share of at least 30,000 asylum relocations a year, or pays €20,000 for each one refused. The UK share, 13%, would have been at least 3,900 a year - or €78m, but potentially 124,000 people or £2.5bn in 2022.
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.
