Abstract
The Treasury’s original line of interest in social policy derives from its wish to exercise tighter control over the operation of the government machine. In the words of Sir Thomas Heath (a former Permanent Secretary, writing in 1927), ‘in essence it is the one permanent institution which stands between the country and national bankruptcy’ (Heath, 1927: 1). Its position as an elite department was secured only slowly by the restriction of the rights of other departments to propose expenditure.
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