福利制度与现代社会具有共生性质,它也是现代政府对社会的一种控制方式。就英国而言,这种控制主要通过济贫、养老与失业救助等多种形式表现出来,这些福利措施对于现代英国的稳定和发展,起到了十分重要的作用。在这种意义上,建立普遍的、惠及全体国民的社会福利体制,是任何一个国家在现代化过程中都无法回避的问题。社会福利的提供方式越合理,其社会的发展就越顺利。 Welfare system and modern society have symbiotic nature, it is also a modern government control of society. In the case of the United Kingdom, such control is manifested in many forms, mainly through poverty alleviation, old-age support and unemployment assistance. These welfare measures have played a very important role in the stability and development of modern Britain. In this sense, the establishment of a universal social welfare system that benefits all the people is an issue that no country can evade in its modernization. The more reasonable the provision of social welfare, the smoother its social development.