Beveridge Report
- Created by: Emma 123
- Created on: 01-05-15 11:58
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- Beveridge Report
- Five Great Social Evils
- Want (Poverty) - 1/3 working class lived in poverty
- Squalor (Housing Conditions)
- Disease (Illnesses e.g: TB, Scarlet Fever)
- Ignorance (poor education)
- Idleness (Unemployed)
- Sold 635,000 copies in total
- Before:
- Child and women were not covered
- 'Safety Net' - prevention is better than cure'
- Worries over health and economic security were major concerns
- Preventing Want:
- Each employer had to pay a flat rate sum of money (stamp)
- Benefits for sickness and unemployment were universal set at the poverty line
- No 'means test'
- Child allowances given
- Disease - improved by NHS
- Squalor - council houses - 80% resources dedicated to them
- Idleness - free compulsory secondary education
- Idleness - plenty of jobs available
- Politics: Labour fully supported Conservatives - lukewarm Churchill - against wanted global security
- Five Great Social Evils
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