What will ‘taking back control’ mean for social policy in the UK? Brexit, public services and social rights

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ID12255752
AuthorsKitty Stewart (0000-0001-7744-8741, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author), Kerris Cooper (0000-0003-0593-5967, London School of Economics and Political Science), Isabel Shutes (0000-0002-5325-3541, London School of Economics and Political Science)
Year2020
Volume30
Issue4
Pages509-517
Publication date2020-09-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of European Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0958-9287 • E-ISSN: 1461-7269
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0958928720949144
OpenAlexW3037692835
LanguageEN
References cited11

While social policy falls predominantly under national rather than European Union (EU) jurisdiction, there are nonetheless multiple ways in which social policy and social outcomes in EU member states have been affected by EU membership. This paper draws on existing evidence and analysis to review the consequences for UK social policy of the decision to leave the EU. We focus predominantly on the implications of the British government’s pledge to ‘take back control’ of money, borders and laws. Our conclusion is that Brexit is likely to have negative effects on the quality of public services and, for some groups in particular, social rights, and that these effects are likely to be greater the more distant are the future trading and wider relationships between the UK and the EU27

Brexit · Control (management · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Government (linguistics · Jurisdiction · Pledge · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public policy · Social partners · Social policy · Social rights · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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