Beveridge at 70

William Beveridge in 1943
Obituary: William Beveridge (1879-1963)
By Kingsley Martin - 30 November 17:11

Kingsley Martin recalls the all-too-human founder of Britain’s National Insurance scheme.

Liam Byrne. Sketch: Dan Murrell/New Statesman
Shirkers v strivers
By Rafael Behr - 29 November 8:33

Labour can win the welfare argument by appealing to working families hammered by the cuts, Liam Byrne tells Rafael Behr.

G D H Cole
Profile in courage — G D H Cole
By Jonathan Derbyshire - 29 November 8:28

Jonathan Derbyshire on the pioneering social and political theorist who did more than most to bring about the ideals of the Beveridge report.

A London mother collecting her family allowance
From the cradle to the grave
By Frank Field - 29 November 8:22

Seventy years after William Beveridge published the report that established the welfare state in Britain, we ask if its ideas are still fit for purpose.

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