Evolution oI Social Security in UK

4 1348 - The Statute oI Laborers is issued in England, Distinction between the "worthy"
and the "unworthy poor
4 1601- The Elizabethan Poor Law
4 1662 - The Law oI Settlement and Removal is established in England
4 1782 - The Gilbert Act is passed in England
4 1795 - Speemhamland system establishes earliest "poverty line"
4 1834 - ReIorms to Elizabethan Poor Laws. The principle oI "less eligibility"
4 1942- The Beveridge Report. cradle-to-grave economic protection Ior its citizens
4 1946 - Great Britain establishes its National Health Service.
4 1948 National Assistance Act: abolition oI the Poor Law

The Three Social Security/ WelIare Traditions
4 Poor Law Tradition
4 The Social Insurance Tradition
4 The welIare State tradition
The great debate
4 The Residual View oI Social Security
4 Institutional View oI Social Security
Guiding principle - The welIare State tradition
The key elements oI the "WelIare State" were understood as being
4 Social Security
4 Health
4 Housing
4 Education, and
4 WelIare and children (the 'personal social services')
The Five Evil Giants and their remedies
4 Want - National Insurance Act, 1946
4 Disease - National Health Service Act, 1946
4 Ignorance - Education act , 1944
4 Squalor - New Towns Act
4 Idleness Government helping Industries in high areas oI unemployment


ther Important Social Security legislations
4 Family Allowance Act, 1945
4 National Assistance Act: abolition oI the Poor Law, 1948

Three Social Security Strategies
4 Social Assistance strategy
4 Social Insurance Strategy
4 Social Allowance Strategy

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