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John Humphrys travels the country to talk to the people with the most to lose people on incapacity benefit the longterm unemployed people on housing benefit lone parents Are they prepared for the ...

Though enforcement varied from state to state, municipal officials who served as overseers of the ... for mothers to stay with their children and for citizens to carry benefits with them from one town ...

The government is not just looking at reforming the benefits system - it is preparing to put it at the heart of its economic ...

The beginnings of the modern welfare state can be traced back to this period. In terms of medical care the most important of these reforms was the National Insurance Scheme, established by David ...

Since the UK’s Welfare State was set up after World War Two, UK governments have used it to help those who are too young, too ill or too old to look after themselves. It also helps those who are ...

Europe’s generous welfare states are coming under increasing strain ... and healthcare (for older people), we sacrifice the future, which is investing in education, investing in children ...