The growth of public expenditure in the United Kingdom from 1870 to 2005 / Clive Lee, Professor Emeritus, University of Aberdeen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, C. H. (Clive Howard), 1942-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expenditures, Public.

History.

Great Britain--Appropriations and expenditures--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

ix, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

In this detailed and comprehensive analysis of governmental spending over the past 130 years, Clive Lee explains how and why public expenditure rose from little more than 10% of the national income to over 40% in recent years, and the sea change in attitudes about the role and nature of government that accompanied this rise.

Clive Lee combines vivid social history with close economic analysis to provide a detailed picture of political forces in the UK from Victorian times to the present day, documenting the standoffs of Liberals, socialists and conservatives, the rise of the Labour party and the impact of the Thatcher years on expenditure and the public sector. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Growth of the Public Sector 4

Chapter 2 Public Revenue 1870-1939 28

Chapter 3 Public Expenditure 1870-1939 - Defence, Consolidated Fund, Trade, Industry and Transport, Common Administrative Services, Pensions, Transfers from Central to Local Government 55

Chapter 4 Public Expenditure 1870-1939 - Education, Libraries and Museums, Health and Welfare 81

Chapter 5 Public Expenditure 1870-1939 - Housing, Household Environmental Services, Police, Fire and Rescue Services, Administration of Justice, Public Utilities, Infrastructure, Miscellaneous Expenditure 104

Chapter 6 Public Revenue 1938-2005 128

Chapter 7 Public Expenditure 1938-2005 - Defence, Consolidated Fund, Pensions, Transfers from Central to Local Government, Common Administrative Services, Trade, Industry and Transport, Food and Agriculture 150

Chapter 8 Public Expenditure 1938-2005 - Education, Libraries and Museums, Health, Welfare, Social Security 187

Chapter 9 Public Expenditure 1938-2005 - Housing, Household Environmental Services, Police, Fire and Rescue, Administration of Justice, Public Utilities, Infrastructure, Miscellaneous Expenditure 218

Chapter 10 Summary and Conclusion 245.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230354142

0230354149

OCLC:

767825073