Not for Patching

A Strategic Welfare Review
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-910376-79-9
Verlag: Haus Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 157 Seiten, Format (B × H): 115 mm x 183 mm, Gewicht: 110 g

Since its establishment in 1946, the post-war welfare system has been beset by muddled thinking and short-termism. In that time, there has never been a strategic review of the system – and yet the government spends over £171 billion on welfare annually.

Frank Field and Andrew Forsey call for the welfare system to be reformed instead of dismantled, arguing for regular strategic reviews that follow the model already used in the defence sector. Asking serious questions about how the welfare state can be sustained in this century, the authors evoke the economist William Beveridge’s declaration that the time has come ‘for revolutions, not for patching.’

Autoren/Hrsg.

Field, Frank

Forsey, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface // vii

Introduction // 1

A call to arms // 7

Back to Beveridge? // 17

Back to Phillips? // 25

Back to Wanless? // 35

A dangerous vacuum // 55

Political necessities // 75

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a key player // 89

What does the country want from the welfare budget? // 99

A social contract for post-Brexit Britain // 109

Conclusion // 133

Notes // 137

Haus Curiosities // 156

Über Autor(innen)

FRANK FIELD has been MP for Birkenhead since 1979. In 1997-98 he served as the Minister of Welfare Reform and is now Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

ANDREW FORSEY is Frank Field’s Senior Parliamentary Researcher and served as Secretary to the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiring into Hunger in the United Kingdom.