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RichardCoulter · 23-05-2019, 18:51

Anyone interested in the history of social security in the UK may wish to take a look at 'Workers or Shirkers' that was on BBC4 last night. It's not too dry either.

It starts with Outdoor Relief and Indoor Relief (workhouses) and examines the different views regarding whether there should be any help for those less fortunate and, if there should be, is there a belief that there is the deserving and the undeserving poor.

Interestingly, it shows that the different views and concerns of yesteryear were the same then as they are today!

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RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,061	Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Anyone interested in the history of social security in the UK may wish to take a look at 'Workers or Shirkers' that was on BBC4 last night. It's not too dry either. It starts with Outdoor Relief and Indoor Relief (workhouses) and examines the different views regarding whether there should be any help for those less fortunate and, if there should be, is there a belief that there is the deserving and the undeserving poor. Interestingly, it shows that the different views and concerns of yesteryear were the same then as they are today!