The Beveridge Report - 'Five Evil Giants'

Tackling the 'Five Evil Giants' of the Beveridge Report 1942

Battle against want

National Insurance Act 1946: provided benefits for the unemployed and pregnant women, pensions for those retired, allowances for the sick, widowed and mothers and children.

Battle against disease

National Health Service Act was introduced in 1946 proposing the setting up of a free health service for all.

Battle against squalor

> 1946 and 1949 Housing Acts: financial aid for local authorities to rebuild towns and cities and provided funds for council houses to be built

> 1946 New Towns Act: construction of 14 new towns

> 1949 Access to the Countryside Act

Battle against idleness and ignorance

> 1944 Education Act: free primary and secondary education

> 1947 School leaving age raised to 15 in 1947

> 1948 Employment and Training Act: establish a skilled workforce