This paper surveys they ways in which social security is protected in the constitutional system of the United Kingdom. There are three broad questions calling for constitutional analysis, each of which relates to perennial debates about the respective roles of the executive, Parliament and the...

What constitutes social security has never been defined on a statutory basis under European Union law, and this ambiguity has in certain instances been used as a basis for expanding access to it for Union citizens. One such example has been the re-categorisation of certain kinds of payments as...

Although the European Union (EU) has not formally been assigned welfare policy competence, it has for decades regulated social benefits between the Member States. The social rights and obligations of the European migrant have for long been safeguarded by the EU, and the mutual responsibility for...

This study draws lessons for the debate about the proposed partial privatization of Social Security in the United States based on evidence from the United Kingdom. The British case suggests that privatization may lead to a reduction in the pension burden on the national budget if combined with...