Non-partisan information on UK attitudes to the EU before and since the EU Referendum

Do you support or oppose an “emergency brake” on benefits for EU migrants?

Fieldwork dates: 3 February 2016 - 23 February 2016
Data from: Great Britain
Results from: 2 polls

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Results for: Do you support or oppose an “emergency brake” on benefits for EU migrants?
Fieldwork end date
Pollster		 23 February 2016
Poll by YouGov 		4 February 2016
Poll by YouGov
Strongly support 41% 38%
Tend to support 26% 24%
Neither support nor oppose 11% 12%
Tend to oppose 6% 7%
Strongly oppose 4% 8%
Don't know 11% 10%

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Below are some of the changes proposed in the draft deal between Britain and the EU. In each case do you support or oppose the proposed change? An "emergency brake" on benefits for EU migrants - if the level of EU migration into Britain was too high then for a limited period the amount of inwork benefits that EU migrants could claim in Britain would be reduced for the first four years
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