75 years after the Beveridge Report: The shocking extent of hardship in the UK Right now in the UK, 13 million people live in poverty; one in five children subs

This book provides the definitive account of the making of the 1942 Beveridge Report and its influence on wartime and post-war social policy. The Beveridge Repo

A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR A LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR The award-winning history of the British Welfare State – now fully revised and upd

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The origins of the NHS are the subject of this study that presents evidence on the key players who participated in the founding of the system. The author also t