Austerity and Welfare Retrenchment in UK

RUNNING HEAD: SOCIAL POLICY 0
Social Policy
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9/12/2019

SOCIAL POLICY 1
Austerity and Welfare Retrenchment have not gone far in
UK
Social policies are concerned with the development of the guideline, legislation or rule that
fosters the welfare of the social communities and are usually laid down by the government
(Arabska, 2016). In UK there are social policies relating to education, poverty and healthcare
safety of the people in United Kingdom that may have positive or negative impact on the
communities of group of people (Obolenskaya, 2017). In UK, there is education policy that
defines the liberalization of the school regulation for enabling the school organizations to set up
their own schools. Apart from this, the government has taken initiatives for social inclusion
policy that promotes social mobility. National Health Service (NHS) is the core body that
regulates the health of the people (Feldman, et al., 2019). Thus, the policy of the government
in United Kingdom is under NHS and provides the health service for free at the time of delivery.
There are family policies as well in United Kingdom which includes the initiatives for the
welfare of the families and providing them work life balance and increasing the participation of
women and also policies relating to childcare. David Cameron who had been the Prime Minister
of United kingdom from 2010 to 2016 had introduced a troubled families program for the people
in 2011. Thus it can be said that UK government has several policies relating to the welfare of
the people and it can be said that austerity and welfare retrenchments have gone far as the
government has specifically adopted measures for the welfare of the society.
Further, the policies of the UK government have huge impact of the communities and groups.
The social policies provide benefits to the communities. These initiatives improve the
community and quality of life (O’Campo, et al., 2018). For example, educational policies
certainly enhance the knowledge of the children and also provide education to the lower income
families. National Health Service (NHS) in UK is the main body that provides health and safety
services to the people in need. This has improved the health of the people. The social policies
differ in the economic and social factors (Adler, et al., 2016). Hence, the policies introduced
into the country have major influence on the enhancement of the satisfaction of the needs and
making an improvement in the health, social belongings and protects the rights of the
individuals. The main purpose of the social policies being introduced by the government of UK