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National Insurance: Ignoring past contributionsCreative Commons Image td-london under CC-BY-NC licence

By Alan Shipman (The Open University)

08 April 2010

Plans to increase National Insurance payments proved controversial - but why do employers so dislike this form of taxation? Read more : National Insurance: Ignoring past contributions

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More warlike than we'd like to think? The Labour government of 1945BBC

By Michael Portillo (Guest), Tony Benn (Guest), Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (Guest), David Edgerton (Guest), Dr Martin Gorsky (Guest), Professor Jose Harris (Guest), Dr Stuart Mitchell (The Open University), Professor John Stewart (Guest), Professor Jim Tomlinson (Guest)

11 November 2006

The Welfare State was the defining act of the Clement Atlee's government. But does that overshadow a strong hand played in defence of the realm? Read more : More warlike than we'd like to think? The Labour government of 1945

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Birth of the welfare stateBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

03 August 2006

It was not until after the Second World War that the British Welfare state took its mature form. In a climate of relief after the... Read more : Birth of the welfare state

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Pages tagged as National Insurance

National Insurance: Ignoring past contributionsCreative Commons Image td-london under CC-BY-NC licence

More warlike than we'd like to think? The Labour government of 1945BBC

Birth of the welfare stateBBC