2006-12-21 01:26:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
State pensions were introduced along with national insurance by the Atlee government in 1946.
2006-12-21 01:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by Captain Flaps 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know whether there was anything to help the old get by before the Clement Attlee / Lord Veveridge Reforms of the 1940's, but I know that Bismarck was one of the first in the world to introduce it, and it went straigt from having nobody entitled to any such assistance to pretty much everybody (as long as they had worked a certain number of years).
Within 100 years of this, ALL of Europe + 150 nations worldwide had introduced some version of state pension system. Now that's an idea that caught on.
2006-12-21 12:19:04 · answer #2 · answered by profound insight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the war ended in 1945, the Labour government led by Clem Atlee introduced the new welfare state bill, which came into use in 1946, where by everyone who worked paid a National Insurance stamp a set amount deducted each week from theri wages, in return for this they recieved free health care and a state pension when they retired.
2006-12-21 22:21:50 · answer #3 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋