The Conservative Governments and Social Policy

This book examines the policy approaches of Conservative governments since 2015 in key social policy areas including education, health, housing, employment, children and young people and more.

Focusing on the policy approaches of Conservative governments since 2015, this book examines key social policy areas including education, health, housing, employment, children and young people, and more.

Respected social policy researchers explore the degree to which the positions and policies of recent Conservative governments have differed from the previous Coalition government (2010–15). They consider the extent to which austerity has continued and the influence of other policy emphases, such as a ‘levelling up’ agenda. Reflecting on the rapid changes of Prime Minister, they compare the themes of the Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak administrations, critically examine the impacts of the external shocks of Brexit and COVID-19, and the changing patterns of public expenditure.

Contributor: Nick Ellison (Contributions by), Ian Greener (Contributions by), Peter Squires (Contributions by), Anne Daguerre (Contributions by), David Etherington (Contributions by), Catherine Bochel (Contributions by), Val Gillies (Contributions by), Rosalind Edwards (Contributions by), Stephen Ball (Contributions by), Harriet Churchill (Contributions by), Andrew Defty (Contributions by), Steven Corbett (Contributions by), Jon Glasby (Contributions by), Ann Marie Gray (Contributions by), Stephen D. McKay (Contributions by), Karen Rowlingson (Contributions by), Kirstein Rummery (Contributions by), Peter Somerville (Contributions by), Hugh Bochel (Edited by), Martin Powell (Edited by)

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