Family guide to the national insurance scheme : the scheme comes into full operation on 5th July 1948 / prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Ministry of National Insurance.

Date:
1948
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Credit: Family guide to the national insurance scheme : the scheme comes into full operation on 5th July 1948 / prepared by the Central Office of Information for the Ministry of National Insurance. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    oes eg pias mh ur a4 Mee ae a Ue FOREWORD __ by The Rt. Hon. James Griffiths, M.P. MINISTER OF NATIONAL INSURANCE HE 5th July 1948 will be a great day in the development of our British Social Services. On that day we shall see full operation, supporting—and supported by—Family Allow- ances, the National Health Service and National Assistance. We have indeed come a long way from the Old Age Pensions Act of . 1908 (which gave the 5s. a week pension at 70), to this new system of Social Security which provides help for childbirth, in sickness, in unemployment, in. bereavement, and in old age. The system will provide for everybody without exception: men, women and children, young and old, rich and poor, married and account, and those not working atall, — This booklet tells you how much you must pay each week and what benefits you will receive in return. It is not possible, of course, to set out all the details in such a short guide, and I am afraid you will find some parts complicated, and perhaps difficult to apply to yourself. If you are in doubt on any point please ask your nearest National Insurance Office for help. You will find the staff there very ready to give you all the help and explanation they can. | The success of this great Insurance Scheme depends upon the willing co-operation of every one of us. Our benefits must be paid for out of our contributions and our taxes. This scheme is, in the British people. That faith. I know, is not misplaced.