... Describe the proposals made during the Second World War for the provision of a Welfare State. ... This welfare state would include free education, a national health service and much more. ... Working conditions were improved and new jobs were created in state funded areas. ... But the need for a welfare state from the public was so great, that the Conservatives released a ‘watered down’ version of a welfare reform. ... This supported the ideas set out in William Beveridge’s report suggesting a welfare state. ... This at the time was fairly successful, as working conditions improved and all the new state areas created, such as the NHS, made new demand for workers. ... The state began building more houses; in fact one million houses were built to replace the 750,000 destroyed from bombing during the war. ... Of course Beveridge’s main purpose was to create a poverty free England, which Labour did not achieve, in fact with the amount of money this new welfare state cost, Britain ran into economic problems.
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