The Vision: an all-inclusive welfare state

The Vision: an all-inclusive welfare state

1. welfare state

   • governerment takes responibility for the welfare of citizens
   • protect from misfortune
   • collective responsibilty

2. before

   • had to manage in hard times
   • illness, child death rates high
   • workhouse - seperating families
   • Orpahages
   • poor housing
   • negative effects
   • Pawn sunday best to pay rent
   • lack of basis accessible health services
   • 1930's economic crisis
     • high unemployment rates
     • poverty
     • divided
       • rising standards in south
   • squalor

3. people expectations of a better life rising

4. campaigins for NHS started beofre WW2

5. WW2 (1939-1945)

   • total war
     • Civilians involved as well
   • affected everyone
   • experince brouth a common sense of equality and citizenship

6. mass public support sweeping social reforms

   • cradle to grave

7. coalition government - churchill

   • bevridge appointed
   • social insurance and allied services (Beveridge report 1942)
     • Beveridge report
     • Blueprint for the new post war welfare state