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A British 1948 National Insurance stamp, once used to collect contributions to the scheme. The National Insurance Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo 6 c. 67) was a British Act of Parliament passed during the Attlee ministry which established a comprehensive system of social security throughout the United Kingdom.
Attlee went on to win a narrow majority at the 1950 general election, forming the second Attlee ministry. [3] Just twenty months after that election, Attlee called a new election for 25 October 1951, but was narrowly defeated by the Conservative Party , sending Labour into a 13-year spell in opposition.
Introduced by the National Insurance Act 1911 and expanded by the Attlee ministry in 1948, the system has been subjected to numerous amendments in succeeding years. Initially, it was a contributory form of insurance against illness and unemployment, and eventually provided retirement pensions and other benefits. [1]
The Ministry of Pensions was a British government ministry responsible for the administration and ... Law: Baldwin I: Frederick Roberts ... Attlee: John Burns Hynd ...
The Family Allowances Act 1945 (8 & 9 Geo. 6.c. 41) was a British Act of Parliament and was the first law to provide child benefit in the United Kingdom. It was enacted on 15 June 1945 when the caretaker Conservative government was in office under Winston Churchill, but it did not come into effect until 6 August 1946 when the Labour government under Clement Attlee was in power.
The proposed legislation, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, would erase the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), which have long been criticized ...
The Dutch pension fund ABP sold its Tesla stake over Elon Musk's pay and the company's working conditions, a report says. ABP disagreed with Musk's compensation package and voted against it in June.
The National Assistance Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6.c. 29) is an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee.It formally abolished the Poor Law system that had existed since the reign of Elizabeth I, [1] and established a social safety net for those who did not pay national insurance contributions (such as the homeless, the physically disabled, and ...