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The English Poor Laws [2] were a system of poor relief in England and Wales [3] that developed out of the codification of late-medieval and Tudor-era laws in 1587–1598. The system continued until the modern welfare state emerged in the late 1940s.
The Poor Relief Act 1601 [1] (43 Eliz. 1.c. 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act for the Relief of the Poor 1601, popularly known as the Elizabethan Poor Law, the "43rd Elizabeth", [a] or the "Old Poor Law", [b] was passed in 1601 and created a poor law system for England and Wales.
1906 - The Liberal Government is elected and begins an ambitious programme of welfare reforms. 1909 - The Minority report; 1929 - The workhouse system is abolished by the Local Government Act 1929. 1948 - The Poor Law system abolished by the National Assistance Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 29).
The Local Government Act 1929 abolished poor law unions and transferred the administration of poor relief to local government, leaving the poor law system largely redundant. In 1934 the Unemployment Assistance Board gained responsibility for the unemployed, and from 1945-1948 the modern welfare state was introduced, including the National ...
A history of British labour law: 1867-1945 (Hart Publishing, 2003) online. Bruce, Maurice. The Coming of the Welfare State (1966) online; Collinge, Peter, and Louise Falcini, eds. Providing for the Poor: The Old Poor Law, 1750–1834 (2022) online; Crowther, M. A. The Workhouse System 1834–1929: The history of an English social institution ...
In 1834, the Report of the Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832 called the Speenhamland System a "universal system of pauperism". The system allowed employers, including farmers and the nascent industrialists of the town, to pay below subsistence wages, because the parish would make up the difference and keep their workers ...
The Poor Act 1562 or Act for the Relief of the Poor [1] was a law passed in England under Elizabeth I (5 Eliz. 1. c. 3). It is a part of the Tudor Poor Laws. It extended the Poor Act 1555. It further provided that those who refused, after exhortation by the bishop, to contribute to poor relief could be bound over by a justice of the peace and ...
The National Assistance Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6.c. 29) is an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee.It formally abolished the Poor Law system that had existed since the reign of Elizabeth I, [1] and established a social safety net for those who did not pay national insurance contributions (such as the homeless, the physically disabled, and ...