A double helix: the intertwined history of the marginalisation of welfare clients and their activist lawyers and advisers in the transformation of the Welfare State in England and Wales from the 1960s to the 2020s.

• Sommerlad, H. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1644-7205
• Sanderson, P.

• Piilgaard Porner Nielsen, S.
• Hammerslev, O.

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• Accepted: 13 March 2023
• Published (online): 30 December 2023
• Published: 30 December 2023