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

Stewart, Kitty ORCID: 0000-0001-7744-8741, Cooper, Kerris and Shutes, Isabel ORCID: 0000-0002-5325-3541 (2020) What will ‘taking back control’ mean for social policy in the UK? Brexit, public services and social rights. Journal of European Social Policy, 30 (4). 509 - 517. ISSN 1461-7269

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://journals.sagepub.com/home/esp
Additional Information:	© 2020 SAGE
Divisions:	Social Policy Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2020 12:06
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 23:28
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/105183

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