Bread for All: The Origins of the Welfare State, by Chris Renwick

Fred Inglis travels the bumpy road from Victorian workhouse to the modern British benefits system

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August 31, 2017
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Fred Inglis
Victorian homeless
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#1 Submitted by Bill Ellson on August 31, 2017 - 11:14am
"Aneurin Bevan’s careful parleying with the British Medical Association in 1948" is an urban myth. The BMA (representing GPs) were completely opposed to the establishment of the NHS and heaped abuse on Bevan as they had on his predecessors. The vast majority of the BMA's members were financially dependent on NHIS capitation fees and as soon as a few signed up to contract for the NHS then neighbouring practices had to follow or risk losing patients and fees. A cascade effect followed.

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