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Not for Patching: A Strategic Welfare Review (Haus Curiosities)
Frank Field
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Description for Not for Patching: A Strategic Welfare Review (Haus Curiosities)
Paperback. The last great rethink of the welfare system was the Beveridge Report of 1942. BIC Classification: JKS; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
In his famous report of 1942, the economist and social reformer William Beveridgewrote that the war was a 'revolutionary moment in the world's history' and so a time 'forrevolutions, not for patching.' The Beveridge Report outlined the welfare state that Attlee'sgovernment would go on to implement after 1946, instituting, for the first time, a nationalsystem of benefits to protect all from 'cradle to the grave.' Since then the welfare system hasbeen patched, beset by muddled thinking and short-termism. The government spends overGBP171bn a year on welfare and yet, since the Beveridge Report, there has been no strategicreview of the system. ... Read more
In his famous report of 1942, the economist and social reformer William Beveridgewrote that the war was a 'revolutionary moment in the world's history' and so a time 'forrevolutions, not for patching.' The Beveridge Report outlined the welfare state that Attlee'sgovernment would go on to implement after 1946, instituting, for the first time, a nationalsystem of benefits to protect all from 'cradle to the grave.' Since then the welfare system hasbeen patched, beset by muddled thinking and short-termism. The government spends overGBP171bn a year on welfare and yet, since the Beveridge Report, there has been no strategicreview of the system. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910376799
SKU
V9781910376799
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99-50
About Frank Field
Frank Field has been a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom since 1979. He has served as the Minister of Welfare Reform and is now Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee. Andrew Forsey is a senior parliamentary researcher and served as Secretary to the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger.
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