Frank Field
The 1945 Paradox
Frank Field is giving a speech tonight in which he suggests that austerity, paradoxically, offers the best chance of welfare reform. As Simon Landau points out, this recalls the Attlee government’s achievement in creating the modern welfare state at a time of austerity after the war.
Field’s big idea, which he has advocated for a long time, [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Tuesday, 11 December 2012 at 8:19 pm
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