A NEW BEVERIDGE REPORT: remaking the welfare state
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
Nicholas Timmins: The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State (book)
Nicholas Timmins: Beveridge and the Five Giants – 75 years on (Dec 2017)
Open University: An introduction to the Beveridge report
Welfare state today
John Harris: What politicians won’t admit: we need to transform the welfare state (Feb 2021)
Joseph Rowntree Foundation: UK Poverty 2020/21 (Jan 2021)
LSE CASE: The Conservative Govt's Record on Social Policy (Feb 2021)
Gavin Kelly/FT: Covid crisis is a chance to adapt and evolve the UK’s welfare state (Dec 2020)
Tania Burchardt: Does COVID-19 represent a ‘new Beveridge’ moment? (July 2020)
John Hills: National Insurance and the Future of the Contributory Principle (Jul 2008)
John Hills: Good Times, Bad Times: the welfare myth of them and us (book)