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| 1942 |
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| Beveridge Report. This report, authored by Sir William Beveridge, called for an extension of social services from “cradle to grave” and for the systematic maintenance of full employment as a postwar government policy. | 1 |
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| 1943, March |
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| Growing support in by-elections for candidates of the Commonwealth Party, founded by Richard Acland, indicated dissatisfaction with the government's social policy. Churchill's broadcast of March 22 advocating a four-year plan for postwar reconstruction revived the government's popularity. | 2 |
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| Nov. 11 |
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| Lord Woolton was appointed the first minister of reconstruction. | 3 |
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