Appalling that the Government has deliberately avoided parliamentary scrutiny of its terrible trade deal with Australia. The UK Government vowed to be a global leader for animals but now farm welfare standards are likely to be sacrificed for this quick trade agreement.

Claim that UK farming at risk if ‘soft’ approach pursued with countries with ‘less qualms’ about quality.

Agreement would undermine major overhaul of animal-welfare laws announced to fanfare last week, campaigners say.

Charity fears ‘inertia or a lack of commitment’ in government could lead laws to ‘vanish into thin air’. / Laws protecting animals in the UK are at risk of being scrapped because of Brexit, the RSPCA has warned.

Animal health bodies have welcomed the government’s U-turn on its plans for scrapping swathes of retained EU legislation, which could have wiped out 44 animal welfare laws.

A new report released today (23rd June), on the seventh anniversary of the Brexit referendum, reveals that the UK Government has failed to deliver its promise to ‘revolutionise’ animal welfare post-Brexit.

What will be the impact of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU on food standards in the UK?

Charles Michel says British ‘face a dilemma’ over whether to lower regulatory standards.