A NEW BEVERIDGE REPORT: remaking the welfare state

 

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In this episode

In 1942 William Beveridge published the report that shaped Britain’s welfare state. We’re asking what lessons it offers us nearly 80 years on. Journalist Nicholas Timmins talks us through the history of the original report then LSE’s Tania Burchardt explains how to fix the holes in our welfare safety net today.

And for World Book Day we’re chatting to author, vet and children’s TV presenter, Jess French.

Guests

Nicholas Timmins (@NicholasTimmins), journalist and author of ‘The Five Giants: a biography of the welfare state’

Tania Burchardt (@CASE_LSE), associate director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics

Jess French (@Zoologist_Jess), children’s TV presenter, vet and author of a ‘Protect the Planet’

More info

The Beveridge Report

Welfare state today