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... relief should be cut back ; ' deserving ' applicants for relief were to be referred to char- ities , the ' undeserving ' to be placed in workhouses . Poor Law administrators were to encourage the co - operation of Boards of Guardians ...
... relief should be cut back ; ' deserving ' applicants for relief were to be referred to char- ities , the ' undeserving ' to be placed in workhouses . Poor Law administrators were to encourage the co - operation of Boards of Guardians ...
Page 72
... relief of unemployment . The immediate pretext for limiting the period of the Act's operation was , it was announced , the need for a thorough review of the poor relief system before any major permanent change was introduced . Shortly ...
... relief of unemployment . The immediate pretext for limiting the period of the Act's operation was , it was announced , the need for a thorough review of the poor relief system before any major permanent change was introduced . Shortly ...
Page 187
... relief . They were encouraged by strike com- mittees and by political organizations to assert the right to relief of the labouring poor and put pressure upon Guardians to increase relief rates . Second , the government faced an ...
... relief . They were encouraged by strike com- mittees and by political organizations to assert the right to relief of the labouring poor and put pressure upon Guardians to increase relief rates . Second , the government faced an ...
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Introduction | 2 |
The First World War and after | 126 |
The interwar years | 163 |
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