William Beveridge discusses his report at the Ministry of Information. Photo: AP/Rex/Shutterstocks On 30th November, 75 years ago, in the middle of the Second World War, an anticipatory queue formed ...
Eighty years ago the publication of The Beveridge Report created a blueprint for the Welfare State. It was a document that fundamentally shaped the role of government in the provision of support to ...
Recent weeks have seen growing calls for a new “Beveridge plan” to rebuild Britain’s increasingly fragile society. Covid-19 is just the latest of a succession of devastating shocks—from the 2008 ...