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What were the "five Giant Evils" that the Beveridge Report proposed to fight?

APoverty, crime, unemployment, homelessness and disease
BWant, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness
CHunger, War, Injustice, Poverty and Greed
DInequality, Disease, Crime, War and Poverty

Explanation

The Beveridge Report (1942) recommended the government find ways to fight five "Giant Evils": Want (poverty), Disease, Ignorance, Squalor (bad housing) and Idleness (unemployment).

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