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Podcast: Beveridge, the Webbs and the coming of the Welfare State

Posted on 27 Oct 2015   Categories: About Beatrice Related Tags:  

Listen to the 2015 University of Oxford William of Durham Lecture in which Webb Memorial Trust grantee, Michael Ward, discusses Beveridge, the Webbs and the coming of the Welfare State.

 

Posted on 27 Oct 2015   Categories: About Beatrice Related Tags:  

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