Founding Principles of
the Welfare State
To what extent have they
been met?
Founding Principles of Welfare State
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Want
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Income
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Disease
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Health
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Ignorance
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Education
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Squalor
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Housing
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Idleness

Employment
A welfare state is a concept of government
where they play a key role in the
protection and promotion of the economic
and social well-being of its citizens.
The Beveridge Report was really the trigger
for the implementation of the Welfare
State in Britain. It would provide security
‘from the cradle to the grave’. It was
introduced in 1945 in an attempt to
address each of the 5 Giants.
How successful has the Welfare
State been in providing security ‘from
the cradle to the grave?’
Want/Income
 How
many people benefitted from
the introduction of the NMW?
 Why was it introduced?
 Who was it targeted at?
 How would it help?
Want/Income
 What
about the impact of Income
Support and Jobseekers Allowance?
 What are they?
 How much can people get from
each?
 How does this address one of the ‘5
Giants?’
Disease/Health
A
National Health Service was set up
‘free at the point of use’ and
available to all.
Disease/Health
 Successive
Governments have tried
to address health concerns and
targeted specific areas of health.
 Smoking Ban, Challenge 25
(alcohol), Health Promoting Schools,
Well Man Clinics and ‘5 a Day’ are
examples.
Disease/Health
 Public
Private Partnerships
– Forth Valley Royal (Larbert) set up to
provide better facilities and level of
care.
 More
‘Comprehensive’ care now
offered.
– Types of treatment?
Disease/Health
 Postcode
Lottery?
– What is it?
– Who does it affect?
– How does it conflict with a Founding
Principle of the Welfare State?
Disease/Health
 Charges
for specific services
– Eye care and Dentistry
 People
having to resort to private
health care
Ignorance/Education
 PPP
– Falkirk Schools and local authorities
throughout Scotland have created new schools
at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds.
– Whilst this is through PPP, it’s still a significant
commitment to education in this country,
providing better facilities and opportunities for
students.
– How does PPP work?
Ignorance/Education
 Student
debt levels are projected to
rise to £25,000 for those starting
university this year, research
suggests.
– Who is most likely to be affected by
this?
– Should education be dictated by your
ability to pay?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10952303
Ignorance/Education
 Changes
to Tuition Fees
– Browne Report recommended lifting the cap on
Tuition fees that exist in England. They are
currently set at just over £3000 per year.
– It’s likely that they will be capped at
approximately £7000 per year. However, this is
before student loans for living expenses are
even taken into account.
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Again, should education be dictated by your
ability to pay?
Does this tie in with the founding principle?
Squalor/Housing
 Housing
provided by local authorities
made sure that anyone who could
not afford to buy or wish to buy,
could have a comfortable home.
Squalor/Housing
 The
‘right to buy scheme’ introduced
by the Conservatives (Margaret
Thatcher) has resulted in a worrying
lack of available council housing
throughout the country.
 In Scotland alone, last year, 142,000
households were on waiting lists for
social housing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8142111.stm
Squalor/Housing
What is housing benefit?
 The Government wants to cap the amount
of Housing Benefit people can receive.
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There are concerns that this will force
people to leave expensive areas like
London. Boris Johnson (Mayor of London)
likened it to ‘social cleansing’.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660316
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11644859
Squalor/Housing
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However, David Cameron has accused
opponents of ‘scaremongering’ and that
families could still qualify for up to £20,00
in Housing Benefit each year.
Does this tie in with the Founding
Principles?
Idleness/Employment
 The
Government looked to provide
full employment for all working age
citizens.
Idleness/Employment
 New
Deals
 Tax Credits
 Do they help address the above?
How?
 Welfare-to-Work
Idleness/Employment