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Imagine this world. A third of the population lives in publicly owned housing paying hugely subsidized rents; the state promises to pay a generous earnings-related pension at retirement, leaving little need for private top-ups for most; unemployment benefits are earnings related; higher education is free and student grants are publicly provided at levels generous enough to live on; lose your job and the whole of your monthly mortgage interest is paid by the state; long-term care of the elderly is free and universal.
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Johnson, P. (2001). New Labour: a Distinctive Vision of Welfare Policy?. In: White, S. (eds) New Labour. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230554573_5
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