Memorandum on the Beveridge Report
1943-02 1943 1940s 28 pages We believe that the State could, without any great difficulty, make a greater contribution at the beginning of the scheme. Another new feature of the scheme is that the employers' contribution throughout is 1/- per week less than the employees as compared with t...
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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
We believe that the State could, without any great difficulty, make a greater contribution at the beginning of the scheme. Another new feature of the scheme is that the employers' contribution throughout is 1/- per week less than the employees as compared with the appropriate equal contributions of the existing scheme. This is justified on the ground that while the employer can be expected to contribute to the cost of the Maternity Grant, Maternity Benefits or Funeral Benefits, the latter two being new benefits. No very clear reason is given as to why this should be so. On the other hand, the worker, who has never contributed to workmen's compensation, is now expected to do so. There does not appear to be any substantial reason, except that of making the scheme acceptable to the employers, why the employers' contributions should be lower than the workers. In view of the increased benefits which we are suggesting, we favour the employers' contribution being raised to the same level as the workers' contributions, which should yield an extra £40,000,000 per year. If the increase in benefits which we suggest were adopted, the following additional sums would have to be provided:— For giving old age pensioners who have paid for contributory pensions under the existing schemes full pensions (without Means Test in 1945) up to the Beveridge scale. £70,000,000 per annum. For increasing old age pension, scales up to the new level proposed by us. £50,000,000 per annum. For increasing Guardians Benefit and paying unemployment benefit in to widows who having undergone training are looking for work. £15,000,000. For increasing unemployment benefit and sick benefit to new level. £42,000,000. 22
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