1. The Welfare State 1945-51

2. The Liberal Reforms of 1906-1914 included; Free School meals School medical inspections Old Age Pensions Sickness Insurance Unemployment Insurance Minimum Wage for ‘sweated trades’ 8 Hour Day for miners Half Day off for Shop Assistants

3. Unity of Purpose The country was united in its desire to win the war and in its desire to win the peace

4. The Beveridge report In 1942, William Beveridge published the Beveridge report which highlighted the 5 Giants of; Want Disease Squalor Idleness Ignorance

5. The General Election of 1945 Labour won the 1945 election with a landside victory over the Tory party. The country voted for a Welfare State system that would protect them from; The Cradle to the Grave

6. Want The new Social Security system would help people when they were; UnemploymentillPregnantRetiredDead

7. Disease The government set up the National Health Service This promised to look after the health of the nation from the cradle to the grave

8. Squalor A new house building programme, including the building of new towns promised to house the nation from the cradle to the grave

9. Idleness The Labour Government promised to create full employment to make sure that people could look after themselves from ‘the cradle to the grave’

10. Ignorance The Labour Government promised to reform the education system so that people were educated enough to look after themselves from ‘the cradle to the grave’