Social Policy and the Family in Britain (SPFB) #1 : Overview
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- Social Policy and the Family in Britain: Overview
- In Britain the family has traditionally been regarded as peoples personal business and not an area that the stare should interfere in
- However, with the increase of child protection laws and the welfare state, the state is having an increasing role to play within the family
- Some have gone on to argue that the introduction in the 1960's of certain state policies the traditional family has been influenced and in that it is declining.
- Overview of social policy in the UK
- In Britain in recent years there have been changes to the law that impacts the family
- Governemnt policies concerning health, education, taxation and welfare assistance will all impact directly on the family.
- There are direct and indirect polices that can do this
- Indirect
- The Welfare State (1942)
- Legislation of the Contraceptive Pill (1967)
- Direct
- Child Support Agency (1993)
- Additional Paternity Pay (2011)
- Indirect
- Families are influenced by laws that impact directly on them
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