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The Liberal government of 1906-14 established a kind of 'poor person's welfare state'. Provision was wretched (for example, a weekly pension of five shillings for the over-70s) and very patchy. Welfare was expanded in the inter-war period, partly as a result of the Great Depression. It is Attlee's government of 1945-51 that it usually credited with the foundation of the modern welfare state.
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∙ 12y agoThe early development of the Welfare State in the United Kingdom began in 1911 when Prime Minster David Lloyd-George and the Liberal Party passed the National Insurance Act with required people to pay a contribution towards unemployment and health benefits at work.
The modern welfare state in the UK was started after the Second World War after a Labour Government with a strong socialist agenda was swept into power promising to nationalise vital utility industries and setup a National Health Service.
On the 5th July 1948 the National Insurance Act, National Assistance Act and the National Health Act came into law and the modern welfare state was created.
In 2010-2011 the National Health Service alone cost the UK taxpayer £104 billion. The overall welfare budget, including Benefits and Pensions, Health and Education cost £478.9 billion.
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Prime minister who trimmed britain's welfare state?
Margaret Thatcher
When was Welfare Problems created?
Welfare Problems was created in 2003.
When was Welfare Party created?
Welfare Party was created in 1983.
When was Lochore Miners Welfare F.C. created?
Lochore Miners Welfare F.C. was created in 1934.
What is welfare state?
A Welfare State was employed in England during the 1960s. The Welfare State had programs that allowed impoverished people to receive medical, dental and vision treatment.
When was The Mammaries of the Welfare State created?
The Mammaries of the Welfare State was created in 2000.
Who benefits from the welfare state in Britain?
The work shy.
What has the author Rodney Lowe written?
Rodney Lowe has written: 'The Welfare State in Britain since 1945' 'The welfare state in Britain since 1945' -- subject(s): Economic policy, Politics and government, Welfare state, Social policy
When was State Britain created?
State Britain was created in 2007.
Prime minister who trimmed britain's welfare state?
Margaret Thatcher
Which prime minister trimmed britain's welfare state?
It's called the Welfare system, and Marget Thatcher was the Prime Minister that cut back the most on public spending that contributed to the Welfare system.
What started the welfare system?
In Britain the Beveridge Report in the 1940s was very influential in the Labour post war government of Clement Attlee. It established the 'Welfare State'.
Who was William Beveridge?
William Beveridge was the Labour government's designer of the Welfare State in Britain between 1945 & 1951.
When was Guerilla Welfare created?
Guerilla Welfare was created in 1986.
When was Welfare Problems created?
Welfare Problems was created in 2003.
When was Welfare Party created?
Welfare Party was created in 1983.
Which country is nicknamed the Welfare State?
Sweden is known as the welfare state.
