BRITISH PENSIONS
CONTRIBUTORY SCHEME IN OPERATION Rugby, January 3. The final section of the contributor}’ pensions scheme, which was embodied in the 1915 Act, became operative yesterday. Under it 450,000 persons between the ages of 65 and 70 who have been insured under the national health scheme, which covers 15,000,000 weekly wage-earners, will be entitled forthwith to a pension of 10s. a week, irrespective of any other means they mav possess. The benefits also apply to wives of insured persons. Another section of the Act, which came into operation with the New Year, relieves work-people over 65 years of age from liability to pay contributions under the health insurance scheme, but employers are still required to pay their share of contribution in respect of such people.—British Official Wireless.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 82, 5 January 1928, Page 9
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