Beveridge revisited: Simon Callow film celebrates the radical co-founder of Britain’s welfare state

September 1, 2026 · 7:00 am 1 sources

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• Beveridge revisited: Simon Callow film celebrates the radical co-founder of Britain’s welfare state
  The Guardian · September 1, 2026 07:00
  Christine Edzard’s The Man With the Plan tours the country with a timely message about tackling want, disease, squalor, idleness and ignorance A new film that addresses issues fundamental to the new prime minister’s declared mission will star Simon Callow as a historical British political figure.…