A welfare state is a concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of the citizens. This was introduced in Britain in 1942 by a liberal politician William Beveridge during the Second World War. He was defending that after the war, Britain should tackle five main things: poverty, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness. In that period of time, people struggled with those issues.
To achieve his goals he proposed the introduction of the welfare state basic by introducing the National Health Service (NHS) which also states free education, …show more content…
It replaces most current law regarding cares and people being cared for. The act combines various existing pieces of legislation which previously shaped how social care was arranged in Britain. The reasons of this changes is that people are now living longer and with a better quality of life, the care and support needs they have are different. The way care and support is provided had to change to reflect this (Department of Health, DH 2014). For example, for a very long time, there was no policy that could apply to support those parents who were caring for their disabled children and young carers who feel that they have the moral duties becomes a carer for their family or relatives. They look after their parents or care for a brother or sister and doing extra jobs such as cleaning, cooking help with dress and move them around without any support or