2017 marks the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge Report. Published in 1942, it is possibly the most influential document in setting out the welfare state in the UK as we know it. But how do people’s attitudes to welfare compare now? How can we accurately measure poverty? How have welfare reforms in the USA influenced UK policy? All these questions were discussed at this RSS 2017 Conference session which marked the anniversary of one the UK’s most famous reports.
Dr Frank Popham, a senior research fellow at the University of Glasgow’s Institute of Health & Wellbeing, spoke about the five ‘Giant Evils’ of society which Beveridge identified in his report: squalor, ignorance, want, idleness, and disease. Popham highlighted that when the report came out there was broad consensus regarding the welfare state whilst today in contrast, the discourse is much more polarised. He also said we need to consider how the meanings of things have changed since Beveridge’s time, for instance, when Beveridge refers to full employment he is only measuring men.
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