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Britain Transformed A-level History Summary Notes: Social Welfare

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Edexcel Paper 1 A-level History notes which summarise the textbook chapters. The notes roughly summarised and paraphrased are intended to aid ones revision for the exam. In order to receive the most out of this, I would recommend creating flashcards from them and using as prompts instead of the tex...

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Provision of Social Welfare

Social welfare before
Poor laws victorian

Workhouses- abolished in 1930 under local gov act

National insurance- only covered 10% of unemployed | low wages, | for men and women
| only for 15 weeks | 7 shillings/ week - introduced 1911




The National Insurance Act 1920
Extended unemployment assistance from 4million to 11.4m (1919-1921)

Low wages, £3 for bus driver wages

60p for women

75p for men

Dole introduced

Fear of uprising | deal with rising unemployment




10% cut in unemployment assistance with the May report in 1931



The National economy act 1931
What did it do Key facts and stats Impact

Detested in deprived areas and
Means test - to limit overall 1931 | led to hunger marches eg
exacerbated hardship for the
benefits Jarrow
vulnerable

Means test disqualify short time Impacts those in collieries of Created poverty trap | people
workers shipyards | impacted in Tyneside going to work will be worse off
and wales



Provision of Social Welfare 1

, than only on work benefits
(dependency culture)

Public assistance comitte have
Means test- can only apply for 6 Invasive and diminutive and
to investigate to see if you’re
months unpractical
worthy

Bad for families with kids who
All forms of household income help with income | have to Forced children of working age
considered exhaust all valuables and assets to leave the family home early
before claiming




Unemployment act 1934
What did it do Key facts and stats Impact

Reversed 10% cut in
X x
unemployment assistance

Created short term and long
X X
term unemployed

Short term unemployed-
X X
reversed 10% cut for 6 months
Long term unemployed Unemployment assistance board Means testing continued |
(exceeding 6 months) = have to in charge | payments were made protests eg wales 300,000
apply for further benefits at lower rates than 31 and 34 people

By 1933 | 3million in 1933 (20%
of the working adult population)
Unemployment dropped
to 1.4million in 1939 (9% of the
adult working population




Evacuation and rationing
Children from inner city areas to safe areas in countryside

Brought together sector of society

Rationing created a sense of equality

Food rationing people made healthier

1939 first evacuation= 1.5million choldren


Provision of Social Welfare 2

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