Timmins, Nicholas, <br/><br/>
The five giants :  a biography of the welfare state / 
Nicholas Timmins. 
 - Third edition. 
 - London :  William Collins,  2017. 
 - xxii, 819 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (black and white) ;  20 cm 
<br/><br/> Previous edition: 2001. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> This edition provides an accessible and entertaining narrative history of the establishment and decline of the British welfare state. It is full of anecdotes, feuds, backstabbing, idealism and humour. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780007335138 (pbk.) :  £12.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Welfare state--Great Britain.<br/>Economics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Social policy.