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Post war times, almost immediately, began with severe unemployment for Britain. Severe unemployment often leads to recession, depression and civil unrest. It was during this time, that the Beveridge Report came to be. People and government were made aware of problems that were exciting but somehow hidden from mass public. The government responded to the Beveridge Report, with a report of its own: the White Papers. The differences between the two were preferential to the government. Proposals of Political and Economic Planning (PEP) instituted unemployment insurance, and the success of PEP would be greatly based on the success, both in action and in public reception, of unemployment insurance. This insurance did not cover everyone; some in the government wanted to cover groups like shopkeepers, farmers, and nurses, who had been excluded. Another issue facing unemployment insurance was the duration of the payments, i.e. how long should a person be covered? Furthermore,...

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