num_pages: 74
description: Lamenting the decline in all crucial welfare services during ten years of Thatcher rule, the author warns that this dream may fast becoming a Conservative nightmare. The book is supplemented by statistics that indicate the damage done by the last decade of the Thatcher government. Townsend's anecdotes are a highly personal testimony to the Welfare State and the principles which underlie the concept of "welfare". The author has had a number of plays staged including "Bazaar and Rummage", "The Great Celestial Cow". She also wrote "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and Three Quarters" and its follow-up "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole" as well as "Rebuilding Coventry".
language: English
title: Mr Bevan's Dream: Why Britain Needs Its Welfare State
titlecomplete: Mr Bevan's Dream: Why Britain Needs Its Welfare State (Counterblasts No. 9)
ratings_count: 19
series: Chatto CounterBlasts
publisher: Chatto & Windus