SUSTENANCE PAY
"Worker" quotes the relief rates stated in Wednesday's paper as payable to unemployed for whom no relief work is available, and also a recent statement by a correspondent that the Minister of Agriculture proposed to borrow £10,00fl from the Unemployment Fund to supply sodium chlorate to farmers who are fighting the ragwort menace. The correspondent protests strongly against any diversion of unemployment funds, and asks, if the board could not maintain the relief rates formerly paid, how can it provide large sums for other purposes? If the numbers in receipt of relief are falling should it not be possible to pay higher rates instead of reducing the allowances!
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 144, 15 December 1933, Page 11
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110SUSTENANCE PAY Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 144, 15 December 1933, Page 11
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