The Unemployment Assistance Board was a body created in
Britain
Britain most often refers to:
* Great Britain, a large island comprising the countries of England, Scotland and Wales
* The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a sovereign state in Europe comprising Great Britain and the north-eas ...
by the
Unemployment Act 1934 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.
According to
Tony Lynes "The board was a constitutional innovation: a department of government with its own budget, headed not by a minister but by the six members of the board, appointed by the Minister of Labour but for whose actions he could not be held responsible".
References
Poverty in the United Kingdom
Welfare in the United Kingdom
1934 establishments in the United Kingdom
1934 in politics
Unemployment in the United Kingdom
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