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'''The Beveridge Group''' is a [[centre-left]] group within the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] party in the UK.<ref>((cite news |title=The different tribes of Liberal Democrats |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11934740 |work=BBC News |date=7 December 2010))</ref> It was set up in 2001 by [[Member of Parliament|MPs]] [[Alistair Carmichael]], [[Paul Holmes (Chesterfield MP)|Paul Holmes]], [[John Barrett (Scottish politician)|John Barrett]] and [[John Pugh]] to promote debate within the party regarding public service provision.

The group was set up largely in response to a perceived [[right-wing|rightwards]] drift in Liberal Democrat thinking, typified by the [[economic liberalism]] of  Lib Dem economic spokesman [[Vince Cable]] and former Home Affairs spokesman [[Mark Oaten]].

In its first article, written by [[Alistair Carmichael]] in 2003, the group questioned the claim in the Liberal Democrat policy paper ''Setting Business Free'' that the party should "start with a bias in favour of market solutions". Responding to this argument, the paper asked: "should the party of [[William Beveridge|Beveridge]] and [[John Maynard Keynes|Keynes]] approach issues with a prejudice in favour of the free market system? Should we enter every policy debate with an underlying belief that private is always better than public? I certainly do not think so. That was the approach which led the Conservatives to undertake the disastrous [[privatisation of British Rail]] in the mid 1990s."

The role of the Beveridge Group has been brought into focus with the rise of [[Nick Clegg]], another leading market liberal and ''Orange Book'' contributor, to the leadership of the party in 2007, and more so after his decision to lead the Liberal Democrats into a Coalition government with [[Conservative Party (UK)|the Conservatives]] following the hung parliament result in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|May 2010 general election]]. It has been noted((by whom|date=February 2019)) that along with Clegg (deputy Prime Minister up to the 2015 elections) MPs who contributed to the ''Orange Book'' or are otherwise associated with the market liberal faction occupied many positions in the Coalition Cabinet during the Liberal Democrats time in office, including Vince Cable (Business Secretary), [[David Laws]] (briefly [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]]) and [[Danny Alexander]] ([[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]]), with others such as [[Ed Davey]] and [[Steve Webb]] holding ministerial posts, while it has been speculated that the more socially liberal Beveridge Group members were under-represented in the Cabinet, perhaps signalling a 'takeover' of the Liberal Democrats by the so-called Orange Bookers.((citation needed|date=February 2019))

However, Beveridge Group members [[Norman Baker]] and Alistair Carmichael each held ministerial ranks in the government, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Transport and Chief Deputy Whip for the Liberal Democrats in the government respectively, with [[Mark Hunter (politician)|Mark Hunter]] assigned as an Assistant Whip. Furthermore, in 2010 Group members [[Simon Hughes]] and [[Tim Farron]] were elected Deputy Party Leader and Party President, respectively. After the 2015 general election, Farron won the Liberal Democrat leadership election, beating his rival, Norman Lamb.

On 18 December 2013, Simon Hughes was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice.((citation needed|date=February 2019))

== Membership ==
As of May 2017, there was a membership of 30 current, or former, MPs:

Sitting MPs (2)
*[[Alistair Carmichael]] MP
*[[Tim Farron]] MP and Former Leader

Former MPs (28)
*[[Sandra Gidley]]
*[[Paul Holmes (Chesterfield MP)|Paul Holmes]]
*[[David Howarth]]
*[[Chris Huhne]] Former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
*[[Paul Keetch]]
*[[Paul Rowen]]
*[[Phil Willis]]
*[[Richard Younger-Ross]]
*[[Evan Harris]]
*[[John Barrett (Scottish politician)|John Barrett]]
*[[Norman Baker]]
*[[Annette Brooke]]
*[[Donald Foster (politician)|Don Foster]]
*[[Andrew George (politician)|Andrew George]]
*[[Mike Hancock (UK politician)|Mike Hancock]]
*[[John Hemming (politician)|John Hemming]]
*[[Martin Horwood]]
*[[Simon Hughes]] Former Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
*[[John Pugh]]
*[[Dan Rogerson]]
*[[Bob Russell (UK politician)|Bob Russell]]
*[[Adrian Sanders]]
*[[Mark Williams (politician)|Mark Williams]] 
*[[Roger Williams (UK politician)|Roger Williams]]
*[[Stephen Williams (British politician)|Stephen Williams]]
*[[Jenny Willott]]
*[[Mark Hunter (politician)|Mark Hunter]]
*[[John Leech (politician)|John Leech]]

== See also ==
*[[William Beveridge]]
*[[John Maynard Keynes]]
*[[Liberal Democrat Federal Conference]]
*[[Liberal Reform]]
*[[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]]
*[[Social Liberal Forum]]
*[[Social liberalism]]
*[[Social market economy]]
*[[Welfare state]]

==References==
((Reflist))
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120402212022/http://www.beveridgegroup.org.uk/ Official website]((dead link|date=May 2023))
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[[Category:Liberal Democrat (UK) factions]]
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[[Category:Political party factions in the United Kingdom]]
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