Creating a welfare state 1918-79

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What was the 1920 Unemployment insurance Act?
Extends numbers of workers eligible for unemployment insurance.
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What were Pensions raised to in 1921?
10 shillings per week
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What was the Widow's, Orphan's and Contributory Old Age Pensions Act 1925?
Provides pension scheme for low-paid workers and set retirement age to 65.
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What did the 1929 Local Government Act do?
Transfers welfare powers from Boards of Guardians to county councils and county boroughs
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What was the Poor Law renamed to in 1930?
Public assistance
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What was controversially introduced in 1931?
'Means test' which was supposed to help save money by seeing if people actually needed benefits.
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What was the 1934 Unemployment Assistance Act?
Reverses 1931 benefits cut and sets up Unemployment Assistance Board t manage benefits payments
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What did the Beveridge Report call for in 1942?
Universal provision to help defeat the 5 giants of: Want. Squalor. Disease. Idleness and Ignorance
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What were the two government white papers in 1944?
'Employment policy' and 'Social insurance.' Accept the need to safeguard full employment and provide a universal system of welfare support.
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What was the 1946 National Insurance Act?
Enforces compulsory insurance for pensions, sickness, maternity and unemployment.
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What was the 1948 National Assistance Act?
Provided a financial safety net for the destitute and formally abolishes 'Poor laws'
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What was the 1971 Family Income Supplement?
Introduced a financial safety net for poor families with children.
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What did the 1973, Manpower Services Commission do?
Provide employment and training services to the unemployed.
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What did the government do between 1975 and 1978?
Introduced Job creation programmes aimed at cutting levels of unemployment.
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What was the 1978 Youth Opportunities Programme?
Helped 16-18 year olds who were continuously unemployed for six weeks or more.
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What was the 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act?
It aimed to empower local authority to use central government to fund housing programmes.
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What was the estimated housing shortfall by 1923?
822,000
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How many homes were built between 1919 and 1940?
4 million.
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What did the 1930 Housing Act do?
Used state funds to rehouse people living in overcrowded areas.
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Why did Welfare Costs increase between the 1940s and 1960s?
An increase in life expectancy to 74 for women and 69 for men. Higher standards of living. Growing population.
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What did Thatcher say about increasing welfare payments?
It would lead to a poverty trap and diverted funds away from wealth generation. It would lead to an overreliance on the state.
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What were Pensions raised to in 1921?

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10 shillings per week

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What was the Widow's, Orphan's and Contributory Old Age Pensions Act 1925?

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What did the 1929 Local Government Act do?

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What was the Poor Law renamed to in 1930?

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