Abstract
This text is the introduction of the Beveridge Report, called Social Insurance and Allied Services. This report was presented to the British Parliament in November 1942 and was published the on 1st of December 1942. He was commissioned by Arthur Greenwood, in June 1941. William Beveridge (1879-1963) taught in 1908 at the university of East End in London. It was a place where the poorest workers could benefit of juridical advices and attended lectures. He contributed to the elaboration of the important reformist laws of 1911, the National Insurance Act (this measure gave the British working classes the first contributory system of insurance against illness and unemployment). He taught economy at the London School of economics (1919-1937) and then at Oxford in the University College. The Liberal government's National Insurance Act was prepared with assistance from experts like William Beveridge, Churchill and Lloyd George. W. Beveridge chaired the coalition government committee set up during the war to examine social insurance schemes. W. Beveridge was the most qualified man for a thought concerning social services.
