Attlee and labour were successful in developing a New Jerusalem in Britain by 1951. Asses the validity of this statement. Following 5 years as a successful wartime leader‚ powerful Winston Churchill was defeated by a landslide victory from Labour in 1945. New Prime Minister Clement Attlee had ambitious plans to form a New Jerusalem by implementing the Beveridge Report and its plans for creating a welfare state. After World War Two the country was in tatters. After enduring 6 years of total war the
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Gladstone‚ D. (2003)‚ British Social Welfare‚ Past Present and Future‚ London‚ Routledge Glennerster‚ H. (2007)‚ British Social Policy‚ 1945 to the present‚ Third edition‚ Oxford‚ Blackwell publishing Haralambos‚ M. Holborn‚ M. Heald‚ R. (2008)‚ Sociology‚ Themes and Perspectives‚ Seventh Edition‚ Hammersmith‚ Collins Lowe‚ R. (2005)‚ The Welfare State In Britain Since 1945‚ Hampshire‚ Palgrave Macmillan Mitton‚ L. (2012)‚ Social Policy‚ Fourth Edition‚ Oxford‚ Oxford University Press Page‚ M. R. Silburn
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key industries and the labour force of the U.K affected by World War Two? In this essay I will investigate the impact that World War Two had on the key industries and labour force in Britain. World War Two was fought between the years 1939 to 1945 and caused over 50 million deaths of both soldiers and the people of Britain. Although the major part of the war was fought in France the war had a huge impact on the key industries and the labour force of the U.K. I am going to see how much of an
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Section1: Research who J.B Priestly was; make a list of notes summarising details about him‚ his beliefs and his writing. About John Boynton Priestley: John Boynton Priestley was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 13 September 1894. His father was a headmaster and his mother died when he was just two years old‚ leaving his father to remarry four years later. He grew up into a family and a wider group of friends who enjoyed the arts. As he grew up he was caught up in in-depth
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Examine the reasons for‚ and the consequences of‚ the fall in death rates since 1900. (24 Marks) Consequences- Ageing population in Britain- Government spending NHS/Welfare -Lack of jobs for elderly- e.g. B&Q Reasons- Improvements in healthcare and medicines -Safer jobs Death rates are the number of deaths per 100‚000 of the population per year. Since 1900 due to improvements in many areas‚ a few examples being medicine‚ welfare and safer jobs‚ death rate in countries such as Britain have decreased
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Ideologies of Welfare For hundreds of years the health and general wellbeing of people and their families have suffered due to the difficulties that social policy and welfare provision has been continuously faced with as a result of the persistence of poverty. This essay will explain and discuss the ideologies of the major political parties‚ how they have influenced the development of welfare and the effects they have had on social policies and social care provisions. It will explain how these ideologies
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Describe the origins of public health in the UK from the 19th Century to the present day In this assignment I am going to describe the origins of public health in the UK from the 19th century to the present day. I am also going to compare historical and current features of public health. Public health is the measures taken by the government to prevent ill health and disease. The government monitor health so that they can develop different programmes and legislation to improve the health and well
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Insurance and Allied Services‚ Accessed 09/05/2012 Blakemore‚ K (1998) Social Policy an Introduction. Open University Press‚ Buckingham‚ MK18. Browne‚ K (2008). Sociology for AS- AQA‚ (3rd Edition). Cambridge CB2‚ Polity Press Burnham‚ A (2012) RIP NHS‚ 1948-2012‚Accessed 9/05/2012‚ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-gloats-as-hated-health-767611 Duncan-Smith‚ I (2012) DWP policy‚ Universal Credit: welfare that works‚ Accessed‚ 05/05/1012‚ http://www.dwp.gov.uk/policy/welfare-refo
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opposition of some health care professionals‚ that insisted on working privately still‚ Aneurin Bevan brought in the NHS. This made doctors‚ hospitals‚ dentists‚ opticians‚ ambulances‚ midwives and health visitors available and free to anybody. This improved poverty a lot especially in children because children were more likely to get diseases due to having a weak immune system. The NHS meant that children and families could accesses health care services that they earlier would not have been able to
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