PENSIONS BILL.
EXPANDING FACILITIES,
FINANCIAL RESOLUTION PASSED
(Received 11.20 a.m.)
LONDON, June 26,
The House of Commons carried the financial resolution on which the Government bases its Bill amending old age pensions and abolishing the restrictions under which limited private means due to thrift disqualifies persons otherwise eligible. The Bill provides that person over 70 years of age, with an income of 2os weekly, is eligible for the full pension of 10s weekly, provided at least los of the 25s is derived from unearned sources. A married couple having a joint income of 50s weekly are eligible for a pension of 20s! Mr Philip Snow r den, Chancellor of the Exhequer, said he hoped shortly to submit a scheme for" pensioning widows, especially widowed mothers, and to reduce the age limit to 65 years. —Sun.
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Northern Advocate, 27 June 1924, Page 5
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