OLD AGE PENSIONS FOR WORKERS
BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S BILL
(Received March 24, 5.5 p.m.)
LONDON, March 23,
A Government bill designed to provide old age pensions for "blackcoat" workers and others has been published. Its benefits are extended to men earning up to £4OO a year and women earning up to £250, such as shopkeepers, small farmers, ministers, clerks, dressmakers, and music teachers, whose weekly contributions will be supplemented by the State.
The bill also provides for widows' and orphans' pensions.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22050, 25 March 1937, Page 15
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