Family Allowances Act 1945

health, disability, and family policy; and * The delivery of welfare. Social

So, one may argue the creation of the welfare state is the turning point 1830-1948. The term ‘welfare state’ represented a new concept of how the state should relate to the people and was developed by the 1945 Labour government. It was heavily influenced by a report in 1942 -‘Social Insurance and Allied Services’ – published by William Beveridge. The report was a response to the existing problems of poverty as he set out to attack the ‘five giants’: want, squalor, disease, ignorance and idleness

standard of living. Published in 1942 the Report proposed a new social security system that would provide benefits ‘from the cradle to the grave’ this would include in ideally a system of proper healthcare, sickness and unemployment benefits, family allowance and an employment policy. As well as this, the report would outline how best to tackle the five giant evils, Beveridge believed that these issues were what was standing in the way of social progress for post-war Britain. Citizens were more open

free healthcare. The social security aspect introduced the Family Allowances Act in 1945 which gave families 5 shillings a week for each child that was born after the first. During this year it also introduced the National Insurance Act which meant they would pay the unemployed for duration of six months and also pay people who were unwell and not able to work until they got better. The following year the insurance for Industrial Injuries Act was introduced and allowed benefits to people who were injured

Before the establishment of the NHS in 1948, many of working family suffer from lack of access to hospital care and Lack of access to health care (Matthews 2009). In Wales the people of village or town looked after their own, and help was usually at hand. Of course, such help was usually basic (Carradice 2015). Life in the 20th century, existed of poverty and dirty conditions. Life expectancy in 20th century for men were 48 years old and for women everyday experience like childbirth can be life threating

Between 1945 and 1951 the Labour Government changed the face of Britain. Discuss. Between the years 1945 and 1951 the entire shape of Britain's economy, society and government changed. After World War 2, Britain was left in economic and financial depression. Countries such as Japan and Germany, left in utter ruin from the war, ironically, were able to rebuild their economies faster, and better than we could improve ours. It was felt that a great change was required in Britain, and perhaps it was

The report lead to the creation of the Welfare State that includes the National Health Services (NHS). The Beveridge report was not fully implemented by the coalition government until after the general election of 1945 that gave victory to the Labour party. The new prime minister, Clement Attlee, announced he would introduce the welfare state outlined in the 1942 Beveridge Report. The report include the establishment of a National Health Service in 1948 with free

on 07 June 2015). 19th century - The increase of poor and working class population due to mass industrialisation and capitalism leaded to development of more central and state-controlled but still basic welfare system. 1834 - The Poor Law Amendment Act sets up a national Poor Law Commission which was a start point to state education and health care system. 1839-1840 - The Poor Law Commission enquiry identified disease as a major cause of ‘pauperism’. 1842 - The Poor Law Commission report identifying

Report to the Parliament on Social Insurance and Allied Services (the ‘Beveridge Report’), whose recommendations were implemented by the Labour government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee, after 1945, laid the foundations of the welfare state in Britain. Various provisions of the 1911 National Insurance Act have been externalised within the Beverage Report, stating that national insurance should be paid or contributed weekly in return for which benefits would be paid to the people who were ill, retired

Do you agree with the view that, in the years 1945-51, the achievements of the Labour government far outweighed its failures? Explain your answer, using Sources 4, 5 and 6 and your own knowledge. (40 marks) The Labour government in 1945-1951 achieved a high degree of activity and success, despite working within ‘the aftermath of war’ which inevitably ‘brings enormous difficulties’. The Labour government devoted their power to reconstructing a better nation, one that would be a ‘better place in