London after war

Question 1

Welfare state

Answer 1

Inspired by the Beveridge report, it’s a state where the government provides welfare benefits such as education, healthcare, unemployement payement

Question 2

The 5 giant evils

Answer 2

Want, ignorance, idleness, squalor, disease

Question 3

Want

Answer 3

An adequate income for all

Question 4

Disease

Answer 4

access to health care ex : National Health Service making most of medical services free.
+ : decrease of infectious disease and increase of life expectancy (+10 years)
- : Had a huge fiancial cost

Question 5

Ignorance

Answer 5

a good education ex: Education Act : it set the leaving school age at 15. Choice of school based on their abilities and not their parents income
+ : education was free to all the children
- : Grammar pupils were more likely to go to university = still inequalities

Question 6

Squalor

Answer 6

Adequate housing ex : New towns Act built new houses
+ : Over 800 000 new houses
1.25M council houses build between 1945 and 1951. Destruction of slums
- : Still shortages of houses in 1951, waiting lists

Question 7

Idleness

Answer 7

gainful employement ex: National insurance act that provides unemployement pay dor six months for exemple

Question 8

Nationalisation

Answer 8

Some industries were run by the state such as mines and coal industry. Thanks to that it provide jobs to a lot of people

Question 9

Taxation in the welfare state

Answer 9

Increase of taxes because people had to finance the welfare state