Welfare state and since then Flashcards
1
Q
The Modern Welfare State
A
Designed to support citizens ‘from the cradle to the grave’
2
Q
Beveridge Report
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In 1942, Sir William Beveridge said that that people all over the country had a right to be free from ‘the five giants’.
3
Q
The five giants
A
Disease
Want (needs)
Ignorance
Idleness
Squalor (poor living conditions)
4
Q
Government help
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In 1906, the government introduced free school meals, checkups, and small old-age pensions.
5
Q
What government was the UK under post WW2?
A
Labour government
6
Q
NHS
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Set up in 1948, mass all medical treatments free to those who needed it.
