The Conservative Governments and Social Policy

1. Introduction: The Conservative Governments From Cameron to Sunak (2015-23) - Hugh Bochel and Martin Powell


2. The Conservatives and Public Spending Since 2015 - Nick Ellison


3. Turning Up the Thermostat: The Conservatives, Social Policy and Public Opinion - Andrew Defty


4. Brexit and the Conservative Party's Social Policies - Steven Corbett


5. The Johnson Conservative Government, Its Conservatism and the Pandemic Response - Ian Greener


6. The Governance of Social Policy Under the Conservatives - Catherine Bochel and Hugh Bochel


7. Conservative Health Policy, 2015-23 - Martin Powell


8. The Less Things Change: Conservatism, COVID-19 and Incoherence in Education Policy - Stephen J. Ball


9. Conservative Housing Policy in England - Peter Somerville


10. Social Security Policies Under the Conservatives 2015-22: Austerity, COVID-19, and the Living Cost Crisis - Stephen McKay and Karen Rowlingson


11. Labour Market Strategies and Welfare Policies: The Conservative Record - Anne Daguerre and David Etherington


12. The Conservatives and Adult Social Care - Jon Glasby


13. The Conservatives, Family Policy and the Data Revolution - Val Gillies and Rosalind Edwards


14. Troubling Social Policy During Turbulent Times: Children and UK Conservative Governments Since 2015 - Harriet Churchill


15. Conservative Criminal Justice: A Strange Rediscovery of 'Law and Order' Politics - Peter Squires


16. Equalities and The Conservatives: The Widening of Social Divisions - Kirstein Rummery


17. The Conservative Governments, Devolution and Social Policy - Ann Marie Gray


18. Conclusions - Hugh Bochel and Martin Powell