I remember the repeated promise told by Brexiteers that Brexit meant higher UK animal welfare standards than afforded by being in the EU. Turns out it was another big lie.
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Edwin Hayward: Battery cages are banned in the EU, but the Tories want to exercise their Brexit freedoms to allow battery-farmed eggs to be imported into the UK because of the CPTPP deal.
Meanwhile, the EU are taking steps to end caged farming entirely (likely by 2027).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/block-battery-eggs-coming-into-uk-say-animal-welfare-groups-brexit https://t.co/kMDkwyDx8S
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