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S2 Ep23: The future of the welfare state

Jun 07, 201917 minSeason 2Ep. 23
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This week UN special rapporteur claimed the UK's social safety net has been "replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos". Dame Minouche Shafik, director of the LSE, talks to Tim Phillips about whether our welfare states can survive in their current form, and what might replace them.
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