Abstract
The reduction of poverty and lessening of inequalities were at the core of Labour’s concerns in the Party manifesto in 1964. In office, pursuit of these goals was constrained by the priority accorded to reversing the alleged ‘decline’ of the economy, the impact of rising public spending on tax thresholds and fundamental problems concerning the mix of universal benefits and means testing. The result was that Labour’s years in office saw a significant rise in spending on social security and some limited reduction in poverty, but also the extension of means testing. No ‘grand design’ for welfare reform emerged in these years.
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