'Cradle to Grave'

Beveridge Report (1942)

• Want
• Disease
• Ignorance
• Squalor 
• Idleness

Post-War Welfare State

• Social Security
• Free Healthcare (NHS)
• Free Secondary Education
• Social Housing
• Job Creation

What was the system like in 1949?

Neo-Liberalism

• Competition is required to increase efficiency
• Welfare state encourages 'something for nothing' attitude
• Changes (reforms) made on a large scale

New Labour (1997)

• Private companies are more efficient
• Competition is a performance incentive
• Citizens expect a more tailored service
• 'Everyone gets the same' no longer works

Modern Welfare State

• Private companies provide some services
• Competitive environments
• 'Customers' have choice/power