His response is the toughest line expressed by a senior Labour figure on freedom of movement. “We have lots of rules that fetter movement. We think you should toughen up those rules. You shouldn’t be free to work in Britain and send back tax credits. You shouldn’t be free to come to Britain and be unemployed. You shouldn’t be free to come to Britain as soon as your country joins the EU. There will be people who say … that freedom of movement is good for the economy. But that is not the consensus of the vast majority … who don’t say either [that we should] shut the borders.