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The welfare state was introduced by the government after the second world war in the 1940's. The beveradge report highlighted the "five giants" which were holding back british society; Want (Social depravation) Disease (healthcare) Squalor (housing) ignorance (education) and idleness (unemployment). The plan was to create care "from the cradle to the grave, the womb to the tomb".
'The welfare state was introduced by the LABOUR government of ... post ww2''
The Welfare state was seen as a way of tackling the 5, main, giants of poverty that were highlighted in the Beveridge Report...
Maybe mention NHS, DWP ...?
This essay will examin to what extent original aims are being met...
the problem of poverty and depravation has long been tackled in the form of benefits from the government. These benefit such as income support and child tax credit which the government uses to give out support to families in certain circumstances. However the recent conservative plan has been to scrap the majority of benefits and instead hand out a "universal benefit" which will be a set amount of money low enough to encourage those on it to find work. It is estimated that £5.2bn a year is wrongly paid out as a result of fraud and error under the current system, however it will be the biggest overhaul of the benefits system since the 1940s. Therefore to a certain extent the original aims of the welfare state is being met.
DWP, changes to Child tax credit recently, Winter fuel payments have been lower too £200 from £250 this attacks those on fixed incomes
EMA rates
Disease; the giant which deals with healthcare, took the form of the NHS (the national health service) Its original aims was for comprehensive care for everyone. However recently the conservatives have made plans to reform the NHS. The new model for the NHS based on choice, competition, payment by results. This is made more competitive by comparing each service against each other rather than the co-operative original structure of the NHS. However it will be cost saving and may also bring better service to some, and the comprehensive care will still be available. Therefore the original aims are to an extent, still being met
Touch on the simple meanings of comprehensive,
bring in private care ad how it means the rich have less to wait, postcode lottery, higher cancer survival rates in some areas (doesn't meet 'equality' aim of NHS) and bring in lower life expectancies etc here, and how charges of dental, prescriptions were introduced (not free)
Bring in some failures.
idleness, is the concern of unemployment. The benefits which deal with getting people back into work were the New deal, which encouraged employers to take on unemployed workers and National minimum wage to encourage more unemployed people to work. The conservatives new universal benefit will also encourage those to get back into work as it will result it many having their income from benefits reduced. The incapacity benefit is also being scrutinized and stricter testing for people claiming it will result in more people having to get back into work. This shows that the original aim of unemployment is still being met.
JSA and its rates
Cons of the new budget? It'd be better to lower rising childcare to get mothers into work rather than lower benefits that will hit vulnerable... how much cut ? est £81bn this government and £18 bn (i think) the the Welfare state by 2015
Bring in some of these examples, sorry my school doesn't do the other topic.