I'd speculate they were either lying about their motivations or ineffective (maybe both). UK government spending has consistently trended up over the last centu

I'd speculate they were either lying about their motivations or ineffective (maybe both). UK government spending has consistently trended up over the last century [0]. It follows a pattern of large expansions then small pullbacks. Of that, social spending basically only goes up (there is a graph a little down the same page). [0] https://ourworldindata.org/government-spending https://ourworldindata.org/government-spending