Barbara Castle: There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.

-- Barbara Castle


		Name: Barbara Castle Type: Politician Nationality: British Birth: October 6, 1910 Death: May 3, 2002

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