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The UK Welfare State
The UK Welfare State
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What is a welfare state according to the provided definition?
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A system under which the government takes on responsibility for providing social and economic security for the population.
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What are the means by which a welfare state provides security?
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Pensions, social security benefits, free health care and free education, council housing.
3
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How does the total UK government spending for 2024/25 compare in scale?
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£1.2 trillion.
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Which major spending categories are highlighted in UK government budget alongside health?
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Pensions and welfare, defence, debt interest.
5
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What debate statement questions free health services at point of need?
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All health services should be free at the point of need.
6
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How does the state versus private provision debate apply to health care?
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The state should be responsible for providing health care and not private companies for profit.
7
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What Liberal reform established the foundations of the welfare state?
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Early 20th century Liberal government reforms including 1909 pensions and 1911 National Insurance Act.
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What were the details of the first pensions introduced in 1909?
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Paid to people aged 75 and over, means tested.
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What did the 1911 National Insurance Act provide?
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Support for working men in times of need.
10
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When was the Beveridge Report published and by whom?
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Published in 1942 by Sir William Beveridge.
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What role did the Beveridge Report play in welfare state development?
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Began the development of the welfare state as known today.
12
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What are the five giants or evils of poverty identified?
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Want, disease, ignorance, squalor, idleness.
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What solutions pair with each giant evil?
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Want-income, disease-health, ignorance-education, squalor-housing, idleness-employment.
14
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How are the five giant social evils visually represented?
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Disease as poor health, ignorance as lack of education, squalor as poor housing, want as poverty, idleness as unemployment.
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What did the Beveridge Report call for to tackle the five giant evils?
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Universal benefits for old age, unemployment, sickness; comprehensive health service; vastly expanded public sector housing; free universal secondary education; full employment.
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When was the welfare state established including the NHS?
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In 1948.
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What are the four key principles the welfare state was based on?
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Collectivist, universal, comprehensive, equality.
18
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How did the welfare state address the giant of want?
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Developed idea of social security with comprehensive benefits for young, old, and those unable to work; Universal Credit example.
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What is the NHS in Scotland's role in addressing disease?
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Set up in 1948, provides comprehensive healthcare services based on need not ability to pay.
20
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What NHS services address the disease giant?
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Hospital services e.g. Glasgow Royal Infirmary, primary care (GPs, dentists, opticians, pharmacies), local authority services (community nurses, health visitors).
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What is social housing in the context of squalor?
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Affordable rented accommodation owned and managed by local authority or housing associations.
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Who qualifies for social housing rentals?
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Those who cannot afford to buy or rent from private sector, or need special types e.g. elderly in sheltered housing.
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What common name is given to social housing?
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Council houses.
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How did welfare address ignorance through education policy?
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Every child leaves school with decent education level; school leaving age increased to 16; comprehensive schools for 11-16 year olds.
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What was the goal for full employment to tackle idleness?
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A job for every person able to work; government nationalised companies like British Rail and British Steel to control job numbers.
26
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Why could government control jobs after nationalisation?
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As the major employer, it believed it could control the amount of jobs available.
27
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What can students define about the welfare state from the material?
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The term ‘welfare state’ as a government system providing social and economic security.
28
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What are students expected to identify and explain about poverty?
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The ‘Five Giants of Poverty’ and what they mean.
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What founding principles must students outline for the welfare state?
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The principles that the welfare state was based on: collectivist, universal, comprehensive, equality.
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What modern challenges are students to comment on?
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Challenges of applying welfare principles to UK in 21st century politically and economically.