Labour Gov Reforms Essay Intro and Conclusion:

Set the Scene:

Between 1906 and 1914 the Liberal Government had introduced a series of social welfare reforms in order to deal with the issue of poverty and these were further expanded and made better by the Labour Government which came into power between 1945 and 1951. With the help of William Beveridge's report on the 'five Giant' social problems, Labour launched a series of social reforms in order to tackle these issues and look after all British citizens.

Factors for Intro and Conclusion:

Arguably, and equally the most important factors in.... were Want and Disease. The Family Allowance act provided all mothers of two or more children with a small sum of money to help with general living expenses and the Industrial Injuries Act compensated all injuries which occured in the workplace, covering all workers. As well as this, the National Insurance and National Assistance Acts which aided every citizen were designed to ensure that nobody would fall into poverty. To tackle Disease, the National Health Service (NHS) was created in 1948 and was a free service which offered treatment for all medical issues to all citizens - no one was excluded from this service and only minor changes were made to the scheme such as charges fro specs and dental treatment.

Secondly, the issue of Squalor was also an important factor in... although less important than Want and Disease. After the war a great number of houses in Britain had been left destroyed or in desperate need of repair and the Labour Government aimed to build 200K houses each year in order to help ease situations of overcrowding and homelessness. the New Towns Act of 1946 saw 14 new British towns be constructed to relieve housing problems in older cities, but Labour was unable to built as many houses as promised and by 1951 overcrowding and homelessness were still existing issues in Britain.

Thirdly, Ignorance was a factor of relative importance in... and saw free secondary education being provided to all children. Previously, many children did not receive education past primary stage due to unafforadble (to some) secondary school fees. Labour raised the school leaving age to 15 and an 11+ exam determined which kind of secondary school a child would attend based on their score. However, children who failed or scored lowly on the exam were unable to attend schools which offered a high standard of education with fully qualified teaching staff and seemed to be stuck in a 'trap of low expectations and inferior education.'

Lastly, and arguably the least important factor in.... was Idleness as although the Government had the aim of reaching full employment, Nationalisation (which was one way of ensuring full employment) was costly and could at times lead to bad management.

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