TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maconie,Stuart
TI  - The nanny state made me: a story of Britain and how to save it 
SN  - 9781529102413 (hbk.) :
AV  - DA589.4 
U1  - 941.082 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Ebury Press
KW  - Maconie, Stuart
KW  - Welfare state
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Social justice
KW  - eflch
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Politics and government
N2  - It was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, and it promoted some of the boldest and most brilliant schemes this isle has ever produced: it was the Welfare State, and it made you and I. But now it's under threat, and we need to save it. In this timely and provocative book, Stuart Maconie tells Britain's Welfare State story through his own history of growing up as a northern working class boy. What was so bad about properly funded hospitals, decent working conditions and affordable houses? And what was so wrong about student grants, free eye tests and council houses? And where did it all go so wrong? Stuart looks toward Britain's future, making an emotional case for believing in more than profit and loss; and championing a just, fairer society
ER  -