Welfare and Support Systems Flashcards

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What is the welfare state in the UK?

It is when the government provides services and benefits to meet basic needs. These include health care, education, housing, and income support.

To reduce poverty and provide a safety net from cradle to grave.

Examples include the NHS, state schools, social housing, and social care.

It means a service or benefit is for everyone who meets the basic rules, whatever their income. NHS care is universal.

A payment you get only if your income and savings are low. Example: Universal Credit.

A payment you get because you have paid National Insurance. Example: the State Pension.

A single means-tested benefit for people of working age. It helps with living costs and replaced six older benefits.

It is paid for by taxes and National Insurance from people and employers.

Cash benefits are money payments. Benefits in kind are services like free NHS care or schooling.

Charities and community groups that give extra help, like food banks and advice. This is called the voluntary or third sector.

Rules you must follow to keep getting a benefit, like job search or meetings. If you do not, your benefit may be cut (sanctioned).

The Beveridge Report (1942). It set out to defeat Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.