Unemployment benefits
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Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by governmental bodies to unemployed people. Depen
Leaflet promoting the National Insurance Act 1911
National Insurance Act 1911
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The National Insurance Act 1911 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created National Insurance, originally a system of health insurance for industrial workers in Great Britain base
Unemployment benefits
…to describe someone who chooses not to work for a living. The first modern unemployment benefit scheme was introduced in the United Kingdom with the National Insurance Act 1911, under the Liberal Party government of H. H. Asquith. The popular measures were introduced to stave off poverty inflicted through unemployment, though…
The Doctor by Luke Fildes used in a 1911 Punch cartoon commenting on the effects of the act