Social security & welfare law

The Five Giants [New Edition]: A Biography of the Welfare State

November 20, 2022

A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEARA LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR

The award-winning history of the British Welfare State –now fully revised and updated for the 21st Century.

‘A masterpiece’ Sunday Times

The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State: Revised edition

October 23, 2022

An accessible and entertaining narrative history of the establishment, development and unravelling of the British Welfare State – now fully revised to cover Blair’s first term. Lively writing in the style of Peter Hennessy.