William Beveridge declared that those who cannot work should be maintained by public support. The condition, however, would be the “complete and permanent loss of all citizen rights ...

The economist Sir William Beveridge gives details of his radical plans for economic and social reform in post-war Britain. He proposes major social changes on the basis that we need "the abolition ...

William Beveridge's report published in 1942 has been seen as laying the foundations for the welfare state. Beveridge's papers are at LSE and this includes a wealth of materials which deal ...

William Beveridge declared that those who cannot work should be maintained by public support. The condition, however, would be the “complete and permanent ...

More than any other person, William Beveridge's name is associated with the setting up of a blueprint for the post war Welfare State. Beveridge was a social policy expert. He had worked with the ...