Teribus, that says nothing about conditions of the working people in Liverpool at the time, sure lots of big buildings were being built, but its like saying that all of the south asian immigrant workers in Qatar working on world cup stadia are really well off. As usual, a selective quote taken out of context, with no indication even of who the author is (Belcham is the editor of that volume, and could have written that paragraph, but may not).

Beveridge wrote a report, on which the welfare state was founded, but he did not implement anything. Support for his recommendations was cross-party. Bevan can take much credit for the foundation of the NHS (the crowning achievement of 20th century Britain), but less so for the Welfare State.