William Beveridge was a British social reformer and economist who constantly fought against the evil of unemployment for the development of a welfare state. He came to prominence for his ‘Social Insurance and Allied Services’ report of 1942, popularly known as the Beveridge Report, which was implemented in the Labour government of 1945. Through the report, he aimed at shaping Britain’s post-war welfare state policies and institutions. He appealed to the government to fight against the five ‘Giant Evils’ of the society including Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness. Early in his life, Beveridge worked against combating issues of unemployment and poverty. For the same, he took up a seat on the Board of Trade under Winston Churchill. He organized the implementation of national system of labour exchange and national insurance. He also served as the Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and was elected as Master of University College, Oxford
