Improvements such as pensions and free healthcare were only won through a struggle for concessions, and can easily be lost
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Card 7
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Entitlement for maternity leave is more generous than for paternity, encouraging the idea women are responsible for childcare
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Offers means-tested antipoverty benefits such as the Working Families Tax Credit
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The introduction of health, education and housing policies since the industrial revolution has led to a more supportive welfare state
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Social policy is a form of state power- doctors, social workers and health visitors use their knowledge to control and change families
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Had welfare, taxation and minimum wage policies aimed at removing child poverty through redistribution through higher benefits
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Social policy must be changed, including cuts in welfare spending and tighter benefit restrictions
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Courts assume women, as the 'natural' child carer, should get custody in cases
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Criticises policies such as overgenerous welfare benefits and council housing being given to teenage mothers, as well as cash payments for lone parents- these encourage family diversity
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Workers that own nothing but their labour power must sell this to employers for wages worth less than their work is. This enables exploitation and conflict
