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From welfare state to welfare society
27 December 2012
Mention the name ‘Beveridge’ and chances are that your mind will spring to his 1942 report: the blueprint for the post-war welfare state. It set out how the state should take responsibility for the welfare of citizens by providing free...
Continue Reading12 days of Fabian Christmas: Creating co-operative libraries
26 December 2012
Lambeth councillor Sally Prentice and former Lambeth Council leader (and recently elected MP for Croydon North) Steve Reed explain how Lambeth Council are transforming their library service - including opening the first new library in Lambeth for over 40 years...
Continue ReadingA prize worth fighting for
25 December 2012
Exactly 70 years ago, William Beveridge published the white paper that would revolutionise Britain. The story of the report is one of high principles. Principles that are simple and strong remain to this day. Principles inspired by old British values...
Continue ReadingThe spirit of give and take
24 December 2012
For a technical report of a government committee, the popularity and influence of the Beveridge Report has probably never been exceeded in British history. It sold 100,000 copies within weeks of publication, and racked up over 600,000 sales in total,...
Continue ReadingWho was William Beveridge?
21 December 2012
70 years ago, at one of the darkest moments of the second world war, an obscure interdepartmental report on Social Insurance and Allied Services, composed by a temporary wartime civil servant, William Beveridge, suddenly shot to fame as what was...
Continue ReadingFabian review of the year
21 December 2012
It’s been a very busy 2012 at the Fabian Society and, looking back, it feels like the political landscape has transformed. This year we set about arming the Labour party with the raw material for its political renewal, including the...
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