World War Two (2018)

Season 0 Episode 252

How WW2 Created a Welfare State - WW2 - On the Homefront 013

0.05 / Dec / 2021•13m

In predicament due to the extreme situation of war, people are in dire need for a working system of social security. Therefore, Beveridge is instructed by the British government to draw up a report on the state of the country´s insurance schemes. But in his opinion, a war is no time for patching up a collapsing system – and he is ready to make some waves.