英国是世界上建立社会保障制度最悠久、最发达的国家之一,这一制度既高度集权、统一,又较为复杂,覆盖了所有人群。英国的社会保障制度最早建立于1946年至1948年,其主要依据就是经济学家贝弗里奇的社会保障理论。从1986年起,根据新通过的《社会保障法案》,英国政府对社会保障制度进行了调整和改革,其目的在于简化日趋复杂的制度,并根据人口结构的变化情况集中、有效地为最需要帮助的人群提供 The United Kingdom is one of the countries with the oldest and most developed social security system in the world. This system is highly centralized, unified and complex. It covers all people. The social security system in the United Kingdom was first established from 1946 to 1948. Its main basis was the social security theory of economist Beveridge. Since 1986, according to the newly adopted “Social Security Act,” the British government has adjusted and reformed the social security system with the aim of simplifying the ever-more complicated system and concentrating on the changing needs of the population most effectively Helped by the crowd