Ways the government implemented the Beveridge report in WW2

• How the government tried to implement the Beveridge report during the war


  • Introduced the National Milk Scheme to improve children's health
  • Passed the Butler Education Act in 1944 to create a new structure for education
  • Passed the Unemployment White Paper in 1944 which committed the government to full employment after the war
  • Introduced rationing which had a positive influence on people's health
  • Provided free medical treatment to those injured in the blitz
• Example question


  • Explain the reasons why the Labour Government felt it necessary to develop a welfare state after 1945. (6)
• Beveridge report 1942 showed the true nature of poverty (should develop and explain)
• It was very popular among the people of Britain as it proposed a system of provisions 'from the cradle to the grave'
• People expected the elected post war government to deal with these problems