In December 1942, in the middle of the Second World War, the British economist William Beveridge published a report proposing a system of social insurance 'from the cradle to the grave' to attack the five giant evils of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness. Its main points were a national insurance for all workers, family allowances, and a national health service. Released in a dense government paper, it unexpectedly sold more than 600,000 copies. After Labour won the 1945 election, Clement Attlee's government created the post-war welfare state, including the National Health Service on 5 July 1948.
Before and after
- from 19 November 1942 to 23 November 1942Operation Uranus
- 20 November 1942Birth of Joe Biden
- 27 November 1942Birth of Jimi Hendrix
- 30 November 1942Battle of Tassafaronga
- 1 December 1942The Beveridge Report is published
- 6 December 1942Birth of Peter Handke
- from 11 December 1942 to 18 December 1942Battle of El Agheila
- from 12 December 1942 to 23 December 1942Operation Winter Storm
- 17 December 1942Birth of Muhammadu Buhari
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The era
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