A Duty of Care by Peter Hennessy

One of our most celebrated historians shows how we can use the lessons of the past to build a new postcovid society in Britain The duty of care which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used but what has it actually meant in Britain historically And what should it mean in the future once the immediate Covid crisis has passed In A Duty of Care Peter Hennessy divides postwar British history into BC before covid and AC after covid. He looks back to Sir William Beveridges classic ident Hardback