In ‘The Road to Full Employment’, Liam Byrne argues that if we restore our country to full employment, we can afford to rebuild social security for 21st century Britain. By investing in infrastructure, raising wages and using a more effective local framework for getting unemployed people from all walks of life back into work, we can stop the incalculable waste of human life around us. We can reduce the deficit and put the ethos of ‘something for something’ back into social security.