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Timeline of UK Welfare System Development

The document outlines the timeline of the development of the UK welfare system from 1572 to 2020, highlighting key legislation and events such as the Poor Law Acts, the Beveridge Report, and the establishment of the NHS. It also notes significant political changes and reforms, including the impact of the Great Depression, WWII, and recent welfare reforms under various governments. The timeline reflects the evolution of social policies and their responses to economic and social challenges throughout British history.

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Timeline of UK Welfare System Development

The document outlines the timeline of the development of the UK welfare system from 1572 to 2020, highlighting key legislation and events such as the Poor Law Acts, the Beveridge Report, and the establishment of the NHS. It also notes significant political changes and reforms, including the impact of the Great Depression, WWII, and recent welfare reforms under various governments. The timeline reflects the evolution of social policies and their responses to economic and social challenges throughout British history.

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Timeline of UK Welfare System development:

1572 ‘Poor Law Act’

1597-1601 ‘Poor Law Act’ (Transferred responsibility to the church)

1832 ‘Poor Law Reform’ (Commission to assess workings of current poor law).

1834 ‘ Poor Law Amendment Act’

1846 ‘Andover Workhouse Scandal’

1867 ‘Trade Unions Legalised’

1869 ‘Charity Organisation Society’

1905 ‘Welfare of Children Act’

1908 ‘First old age Pensions’

1909 ‘War Budget’

1991 ‘National Insurance Act’

1914 – 1918 ‘WWI’

1918 ‘Women Vote 1st Time’ &

1918 -1919 ‘ Education and housing Legislation’

1929 ‘Local Government Act’

1930s ‘Great Depression’

1936 ‘Keynesian Economics’

1939 – 1945 ‘WWII’

1942 ‘Beveridge Report – 5 giants’

1944 ‘Education Act’

1945 ‘Family Allowance act’ ‘National Insurance Act’ & ‘ Birth of the Golden Age’

1945 - 1948 ‘Social Security’

1946 ‘National Industrial Injuries Act’ & ‘New Towns Act’


1947 ‘Town Country planning Act’

1948 ‘National Assistance Act’ & ‘Childrens Act’ ‘Marshall Aid’ & ‘BIRTH OF THE NHS’

1951 ‘Nationalisation of Steel industry’

1970 ‘End of Golden Age’ & ‘Equal pay act’

1979 – 1990 ‘Margaret Thatcher won Election’ (Restructuring of Welfare State) – Third term
social policy reforms.

1988 – 1989 ‘Reforms in education, health & community care. – Sale of council houses’

1997 ‘NEW LABOUR Tony Blair’ & ‘Devolution’

2003 ‘UK joins US military campaign in Iraq’

2008 ‘Economic Recession’

2010 ‘Joint coalition in Government’ – Large scale public spending cuts

2012 ‘Welfare Reform Act’

2013 ‘David Cameron proposes referendum to exit EU’

2015 ‘Universal Credit Bedroom tax’ & ‘Benefit cap’

2016 ‘Brexit Referendum, Cameron Resigns – Theresa May succeeds – Opt out to quit EU’

2018 ‘Windrush Scandal’ & ‘GDPR’

2020 ‘BREXIT to be continue’

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