Letter: Welfare state has been a disaster for Britain

Letter: The welfare state is the most disastrous thing that has happened to the UK.

It is a paradise bureaucrats use to build up useless empires at the expense of British wealth creators.

It has delivered the most inferior health service in the western world.

In Germany it is compulsory for every resident to have health insurance. They have a far superior health service and it makes people responsible for their health.