Freedom of Movement & the Welfare State.

Welfare should give everyone the chance of decent work and ensure those who have contributed to the system are rewarded for doing so. So says the IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research). In this report on Freedom of Movement in the EU and the Welfare State, the IPPR sets out their ideas. IPPR (formerly the Institute for Public Policy Research) writes: “A different approach to reforming EU migrants’ access to welfare could address the concerns of the British public, be more likely to win over European partners and be fairer to EU migrants … [It would] restrict out-of-work rather than in-work benefits and ensures migrants’ home countries pay their unemployment benefits for longer.”

The IPPR in their own words:

IPPR is the UK's leading progressive thinktank. We are an independent registered charity with more than 40 staff members, paid interns and visiting fellows. Our main office is in London, with IPPR North, IPPR's dedicated thinktank for the North of England, operating out of offices in Newcastle and Manchester, and IPPR Scotland, IPPR’s dedicated thinktank for Scotland, operating out of offices in Edinburgh..

Our purpose is to conduct and publish research into, and promote public education in, the economic, social and political sciences, and in science and technology; including the effect of moral, social, political and scientific factors on public policy and on the living standards of all sections of the community.

The report can be downloaded here: