Unemployment Assistance Board

The Unemployment Assistance Board was a body created in Britain by the Unemployment Act 1934BBC NEWS , Programmes , Inside Money , The welfare state 1832 - 1945
/ref> due to the high levels of inter-war poverty in Britain. The Board kept a system of means-tested benefits and increased the number of people who could claim relief.

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Poverty in the United Kingdom
Welfare state in the United Kingdom
1934 establishments in the United Kingdom
1934 in politics
Unemployment in the United Kingdom

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