A ruling in the European Court of Justice in 2014 decided that all motor vehicles on private land would need to be covered by motor insurance, despite not being for use on public roads. This requirement was expected to increase insurance premiums by £1 Billion a year – that’s an extra £50 on every single driver’s car insurance.

Despite decades-old laws banning the testing of cosmetics on animals within the EU, contradicting laws for protecting workers from hazardous chemicals mandated animals being tested on. Leaving the EU allowed the UK to resolve this contradiction in law, and return to the outright ban on cosmetics testing on animals.