Social Insurance and Allied Services

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Social Insurance and Allied Services is the formal title of the 1942 Beveridge Report, a landmark British government document that laid the foundations for the modern welfare state and social security system in the United Kingdom.

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instanceOf Beveridge Report
government report
policy document
aim to propose comprehensive social insurance for all citizens
to provide income security from cradle to grave
alsoKnownAs Beveridge Report
author William Beveridge
chair William Beveridge
commissionedBy UK government
surface form: British government

UK coalition government
context wartime planning for post-war reconstruction
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
documentType White Paper
field public administration
social policy
historicalPeriod World War II
surface form: Second World War
identifies five giants on the road to reconstruction
impact laid foundations of modern UK welfare state
shaped British social security system
influenced Family Allowances Act 1945
National Health Service Act 1946
National Insurance Act 1946
post-war British welfare state
issuedBy Ministry of Reconstruction (United Kingdom)
language English
length over 300 pages
listsGiant Disease
Idleness
Ignorance
Squalor
Want
principle flat-rate benefits
flat-rate contributions
state responsibility for minimum income
universality of benefits
proposes comprehensive health service
family allowances
full employment as government objective
unified national insurance scheme
publicationDate 1942-11-24
publicationYear 1942
publisher His Majesty's Stationery Office
received widespread public support in the UK
subject social insurance
social policy
social security
welfare state
subtitle Report by Sir William Beveridge
targetPopulation all citizens

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Beveridge Report title Social Insurance and Allied Services
William Beveridge authorOf Social Insurance and Allied Services
British welfare state keyDocument Social Insurance and Allied Services