Memorandum on the Beveridge Report
1943-02 1943 1940s 28 pages After receiving a grant of 36/- for 13 weeks and a further training grant of 24/- for a period she may be expected to maintain herself by work. We believe that this scheme is right in principle. It is impossible to pay a sum of 24/- or 30/- per week to a young woman with...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : Communist Party of Great Britain
February 1943
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| Summary: | 1943-02
1943
1940s
28 pages
After receiving a grant of 36/- for 13 weeks and a further training grant of 24/- for a period she may be expected to maintain herself by work. We believe that this scheme is right in principle. It is impossible to pay a sum of 24/- or 30/- per week to a young woman without dependent children merely because she is a widow. We think, however, that a great deal of attention will have to be given to training such widows appropriately and to placing them in jobs. We recommend therefore that they shall be given unemployment benefit for a period if on completion of training they — or the Labour Exchange acting on their behalf — are unable to find them a job. It is suggested in the Report that widows with dependent children be given a guardian's allowance of 24/- per week. We suggest that for reasons already advanced this sum should be raised to 30/- per week. We believe that widows whose children have reached school age should be encouraged to undertake training with a view to industrial employment rather than wait until their children cease to be dependent upon them and their guardian's benefit ceases. The problem of the widow who is already middle-aged when the scheme comes into force will require sympathetic consideration from the assistance section of the Ministry of Social Security. There is in addition a clear case for the public regulation of wages and conditions in part-time employments (such as office cleaning) which are usually undertaken by middle-aged widows. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION The Communist Party agrees with the report as to the necessity of "fitting Workmen's Compensation into the general plan for Social Security." It agrees also with the principle of making workmen's compensation benefits higher than those paid for unemployment or sickness, on the ground that "many industries vital to the 16
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