SOCIAL SECURITY
Sir, —To-day I received notice from the Social Security Department, declining my application for assistance. Although it assists the sick, I cannot go to work, as I have a baby, and cannot get the deserted wives’ benefit either, as my husband pays me 355, £1 of which goes in rent. He cannot pay more, as ne gave up £7 5s a week wage one week before the separation case was put through Court, took on a much smaller wage, and withdrew all his Post Office savings. In May I paid social security dues on my Post Office savings, and since have withdrawn nearly all, just for' bare necessaries. What is the difference between a sick woman who can’t work, and one who is willing, but has to stay home with the baby?—Yours, etc., NATIONALIST FROM NOW ON. August 27, 1948. < • 'rv " [This letter was referred ‘ ic-’ 'the Registrar of Social Security (Mr E. A. Selman), who advises that he cannot comment on this case without knowing the name of the correspondent. If the writer will get in touch with him he will be pleased to discuss the position with her.]
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25590, 3 September 1948, Page 11
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