GPO CLAIM FORM 1908 OLD AGE PENSIONS ACT EDWARD V11
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GPO POSTER NOTICE 1908 ER OLD AGE PENSIONS 8TH SEP 1908 Old-Age Pensions Act 1908 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Old-Age Pensions Act 1908 Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title ... Chapter 1908 c Territorial extent England and Wales; Scotland; Ireland Dates Royal Assent 1908 Status: Repealed The Old-Age Pensions Act 1908 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom , passed in 1908. The Act is often regarded as one of the foundations of modern social welfare in the United Kingdom and forms part of the wider social welfare reforms of the Liberal Government of 1906-1914. [1 ] Contents [ hide ] 1 Outline 2 Implementation 3 Effects 4 See also 5 References [edit ] Outline The Act provided for a non-contributory old age pension for persons over the age of 70. It was enacted in January 1909 and paid a weekly pension of 5s a week (7s 6d for married couples) to half a million who were eligible. The level of benefit was deliberately set low to encourage workers to also make their own provision for retirement. In order to be eligible, they had to be earning less than £21.10s. per year, and had to pass a 'character test'; only those with a 'good character' could receive the pensions.Also excluded were those in receipt of poor relief, ‘lunatics’ in asylums, persons sentenced to prison for ten years
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