Smash Up the Workhouse!
Smash Up the Workhouse! was a pamphlet published in 1911 by Labour Party politician George Lansbury. It argued for the abolition of the workhouse system.[1]
References
- ^ Crowther, A. (1983). The Workhouse System, 1834-1929: The History of an English Social Institution. Methuen. p. 79. ISBN 9780416360905. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
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Poor laws of the British Isles
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Nantwich workhouse
- Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494
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- National Assistance Act 1948