BRITISH PENSIONERS
MINISTRY’S BIG TASK [British Official Wireless] RUGBY, 10th January. Twenty-one years after the end of the Great War the Pensions Ministry is still spending £38,000,000 each year. . This figure was given by the Minister . of Pensions, Sir Walter Womersley, to- j day, when speaking on the work of his ' department. He added that in 25 years, £1,350,000,000 had been spent on ! pensions alone. Though 800 new cases j are dealt with each year, the number of beneficiaries has now fallen to 850,000.
Saying that it is impossible to speak too highly of this public-spirited action. Sir Walter Womersley disclosed that pensioners have voluntarily relinquished their pensions as a contribution toward the expenses of the present war.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 12 January 1940, Page 3
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