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Rebecca Leach The Beveridge Report (1942) The Beveridge Report started in the introduction of the Welfare State. The main reforms included: * The National Health Service Act 1946 - provided free and universal health care. * The Family Allowances Act 1945 - provided universal benefits for families with two or more children. * The National Insurance Act 1946 - provided unemployment and sickness benefits. * The Children Act 1946 - gave local authorities to set up social work for children. * The Education Act 1944 - provided free secondary education for all children. The problem with these reforms was that a number of assumptions were made about the family when they were being formed. It was thought that all families would be headed by a married couple and could therefore be treated as a unit. This meant that pensions, tax and benefits could be based upon a couple who would be married for life. Another assumption made was about...

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