Life in UK
Life in the UK 考试
第3章 · 历史

Post-war Britain and the Welfare State

战后英国和福利国家

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After WWII, Clement Attlee's Labour government created the welfare state based on the Beveridge Report (1942). Key reforms: • NHS established in 1948 — free healthcare at point of use • National Insurance system for pensions and benefits • Free secondary education (Education Act 1944) • Social housing programmes • Nationalisation of major industries (coal, steel, railways) The Empire Windrush arrived in 1948, beginning mass migration from the Caribbean.

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