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Welfare State: Misuse and New Labour Policies

   

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Table of ContentsTASK 1 WHY IS THE 1834 POOR LAW IMPORTANT IN THE HISTORY OF SOCIALPOLICY?.........................................................................................................................................3TASK 2 HOW DID SOCIAL POLICY PROGRESS BETWEEN 1900 AND 1914?...................3TASK 3 WHAT WERE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE WELFARESTATE ESTABLISHED IN THE 1940'S?.....................................................................................4TASK 4 WHAT WERE THE KEY FEATURES OF NEW LABOUR SOCIAL POLICY? ........5REFERENCES................................................................................................................................62
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TASK 1 WHY IS THE 1834 POOR LAW IMPORTANT IN THE HISTORYOF SOCIAL POLICY?The 1834 Poor Law Act can be stated as the crucial act in the history of social policy thatwas designed in order to minimize the cost of looking after the poor people as it stopped moneygoing to poor people except in certain cases. Here, it is essential to understand the principle of'less eligibility' that helps in connected with the relief of the able-bodied. However, it is essentialto identify remedies first in order to overcome evils. It is significant to improve the commissionso that such reform need to be modified in such a way in order to deter people from makingunnecessary demands upon public funds. Thus, government needs to interfere in between so thatthey can ensure to cure the problem (Alcock, 2014). Further, the 1834 Poor Law was welcomed by people as they believed that it will help inreducing the cost of looking after the needs of poor people, reduce the percentage of poor peoplebegging on the streets and motivate them to support themselves in order to overcome poverty.Through the introduction of such reform it helps poor people by providing them housingfacilities, clothing and food (Blakemore and Warwick-Booth, 2013). While, the children whoenter into workhouses receive basic schooling. In regard to this poor man living in suchworkhouses are required to work for several hours each day. Passing such law helps social policyas it helps in overcoming the poverty. Further, government is required to introduce provisions insuch law so that limitations can be avoided effectively. TASK 2 HOW DID SOCIAL POLICY PROGRESS BETWEEN 1900 AND1914?In such era of British empire it states that wide range of progress attained in differentsectors and provide better opportunities for people in order to raise their standard and efficiency.However, it also compounded in order to provide suggestions that the health of population wasbeing undermined through continuing urbanization and high proportion of increasing armyrecruitment who were earlier rejected on the ground of physical fitness. Further, in such eraWomen's movement was also started that helps in pressuring government to introduce familyand child welfare. However, the years before World War I have been remarked series of growthin social policy reforms within UK many of which taken effective initiatives to attain effectivegrowth and development (Wilkins, 2013). 3
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