Not for Patching
A Strategic Welfare Review
Seiten
2018
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-910376-79-9 (ISBN)
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-910376-79-9 (ISBN)
The last great rethink of the welfare system was the Beveridge Report of 1942.
In his famous report of 1942, the economist and social reformer William Beveridgewrote that the war was a 'revolutionary moment in the world's history' and so a time 'forrevolutions, not for patching.' The Beveridge Report outlined the welfare state that Attlee'sgovernment would go on to implement after 1946, instituting, for the first time, a nationalsystem of benefits to protect all from 'cradle to the grave.' Since then the welfare system hasbeen patched, beset by muddled thinking and short-termism. The government spends overGBP171bn a year on welfare and yet, since the Beveridge Report, there has been no strategicreview of the system. Compare that to Defence which, with its comparatively small budgetof GBP35bn, is subject to a strategic review at least every decade. Reform of the welfare systemneed not mean dismantlement, but serious questions must be asked about how a welfarestate as we understand it remains sustainable into the 21st century.
In his famous report of 1942, the economist and social reformer William Beveridgewrote that the war was a 'revolutionary moment in the world's history' and so a time 'forrevolutions, not for patching.' The Beveridge Report outlined the welfare state that Attlee'sgovernment would go on to implement after 1946, instituting, for the first time, a nationalsystem of benefits to protect all from 'cradle to the grave.' Since then the welfare system hasbeen patched, beset by muddled thinking and short-termism. The government spends overGBP171bn a year on welfare and yet, since the Beveridge Report, there has been no strategicreview of the system. Compare that to Defence which, with its comparatively small budgetof GBP35bn, is subject to a strategic review at least every decade. Reform of the welfare systemneed not mean dismantlement, but serious questions must be asked about how a welfarestate as we understand it remains sustainable into the 21st century.
Frank Field has been a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom since 1979. He has served as the Minister of Welfare Reform and is now Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee. Andrew Forsey is a senior parliamentary researcher and served as Secretary to the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger.
Preface // vii
Introduction // 1
A call to arms // 7
Back to Beveridge? // 17
Back to Phillips? // 25
Back to Wanless? // 35
A dangerous vacuum // 55
Political necessities // 75
The Office for Budget Responsibility - a key player // 89
What does the country want from the welfare budget? // 99
A social contract for post-Brexit Britain // 109
Conclusion // 133
Notes // 137
Haus Curiosities // 156
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.10.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-910376-79-5 / 1910376795 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-910376-79-9 / 9781910376799 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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