reforms for the elderly

Gave weekly pensions from Gov. funds to the elderly.
Promise to introduce pensions had been made in the 1908 budget

CRITERIA:

• Over 70
• Had an income of less than £21 a year
• Had been UK citizens for 20+ years
• Hadn't been in prison 10 years before
• Could prove they had tried to find work all their life

PROS

Kept some elderly out of the workhouse

CONS

• Only around 1/2 a million elderly qualified
• Rich were against it, as they were taxed to fund the budget (which paid for the Old Age Pension Act)