Social security
The Beveridge Report of 1942 proposed a big expansion of this system and Clement Attlee's government passed laws to make it happen. The  National Insurance Act 1946 included sickness and unemployment benefits. This was popular and the Conservative Party (UK) continued it.  Married women were expected to rely on their husbands for support. They were not entitled to the same benefits as men. There were widows benefits for women whose husbands died but no benefits for men whose wives died.