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Page 33
... outdoor relief to the unemployed , and could per- suade local ratepayers to finance it , the central authority had ... relief was , however , restrained by the fact that Poor Law authorities had a fundamental obligation not to allow the ...
... outdoor relief to the unemployed , and could per- suade local ratepayers to finance it , the central authority had ... relief was , however , restrained by the fact that Poor Law authorities had a fundamental obligation not to allow the ...
Page 185
... relief after 1920 presented problems . Too numer- ous to be placed in the workhouses , most received out - door ... outdoor relief ... is hard to describe in a way that will leave on the reader's mind any other impression than a ...
... relief after 1920 presented problems . Too numer- ous to be placed in the workhouses , most received out - door ... outdoor relief ... is hard to describe in a way that will leave on the reader's mind any other impression than a ...
Page 315
... outdoor relief are positively industrious . ' ' De- ferred pay led to dreadful orgies . ' A Camberwell witness of much experience told us that ' on the whole , ' he thought , ' indiscriminate charity and drink hit the people harder than ...
... outdoor relief are positively industrious . ' ' De- ferred pay led to dreadful orgies . ' A Camberwell witness of much experience told us that ' on the whole , ' he thought , ' indiscriminate charity and drink hit the people harder than ...
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International comparisons 18701914 | 125 |
The interwar years | 189 |
The Second World War and after | 223 |
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A. L. Bowley areas authorities Beatrice Webb benefits Beveridge Board Britain British cent central charity child Committee Conservative contributions cost demand economic effect efficiency Eleanor Rathbone employers established expenditure family allowances fear finance full employment growth Guardians health service housing improved income increased industrial infant introduced Keynes labour movement Labour party legislation Liberal Lloyd George London major ment minimum national health national health service old-age pensions organizations out-door relief paid party paupers period planning political Poor Law poor relief population post-war poverty pre-war pressure problem proposals R. H. Tawney reconstruction reform rent Report result Rowntree Rowntree's scheme schools sickness social policy social services society standards tion towns trade union Treasury unem unemployed unemployment insurance wages wartime Webbs week welfare William Beveridge women workers workhouse working-class
References to this book
Beyond the Welfare State?: The New Political Economy of Welfare Chris Pierson No preview available - 2006 |