Social Reformist and Market Liberal approaches may have been suitable for the social condition of the 20th Century, but 3rd Way welfare policies are more relevant to the 21st Century.

This essay will look at the social conditions that existed for each of the political parties and the welfare policy approaches that each party adopted in relation to the NHS. Initially I will look at Social Reformist policies followed by Market Liberals. But as a consequence of the research the essay will demonstrate that New Labour has used a collaboration of existing ideologies to create a set of welfare policies, which they claim are relevant …

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