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.
Even before the UK Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) was announced, the UK Global Tariff (UKGT) had already made improvements.
BREXIT MEANS WE RUN OUR OWN COUNTRY AGAIN Summary: With the return of sovereignty to the UK for multiple areas of government policy and UK Law, the ability to petition your representatives – and to remove them when they are ineffective in areas you care about – has not been so strong at any time [...]
The Shark Fins Bill, which seeks to end the import and export of shark fins, received Royal Assent back in June 2023 and so is now UK law. This move to protect sharks from this ghastly trade is only possible because we left the EU.
