We need to demand more from policymakers and politicians

Matthew Johnson; Elliott Aidan Johnson; Ian Robson; Irene Hardill

We need to demand more from policymakers and politicians

Matthew Johnson, Elliott Aidan Johnson, Ian Robson, Irene Hardill

School of Communities and Education

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Abstract

In 1942 William Beveridge famously proposed a national health service, comprehensive social insurance and non-means-tested family allowances as the way to eradicate the five ‘giant evils’ of squalor, want, ignorance, idleness and disease. Academics from Northumbria University warn today’s politicians that they need to match his transformative ambitions

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The QT
Publisher	QT Regions Limited
Publication status	Published - 30 May 2024

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Act Now: A vision for a better future and a new social contract
Common Sense Policy Group, Johnson, M. T., Dorling, D., Driscoll, J., Hardill, I., Hobbs, C., Johnson, E. A., Lawson, N., Nadel, J., Nettle, D., Pickett, K. E., Polanski, Z., Pollock, A., Reed, H., Robson, I., Stark, G., Taylor-Robinson, D. & Wilkinson, R., 1 Jul 2024, Manchester: Manchester University Press. 350 p.
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We need to demand more from policymakers and politicians

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Act Now: A vision for a better future and a new social contract

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