Re: Cattle
Yes, bang on. But be aware, that if you have the particular skills that are in high demand now (you know, Kubernetes is flavour of the month but it will move on) then as a select group of people earning a high-er salary, you'll be pumped hard because the tooling allows them to do it.
A legal backstop is clearly the correct way to go, to protect the public from the unscrupulous ('it's not ILLEGAL...') actors. But UK governments are not quick to offer their citizens' benefits, when it may disrupt the pursuit of profit, unless the electorate squeezes its balls. So don't hold your breath.