Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 4,4 mins

Famous speeches on welfare - from Harold Wilson to David Cameron

Available for over a year

The welfare state has been at the heart of political debate for some time. Here's a flavour of what leading politicians have said about it over the course of the last four decades. The clip features Harold Wilson, Norman Tebbit, Neil Kinnock, Margaret Thatcher, Peter Lilley, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron.

Programme Website