Unemployment Insurance Act 1927
The Unemployment Insurance Act 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. V) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Conservative Party in 1927. It reintroduced means testing for some benefits. One of the most controversial proposals was to raise Treasury contributions to that made by employers and workers, but that was dropped from the final legislation.[1]
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- ^ "Reform and the Great Depression - The Cabinet Papers". National Archives. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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- Insurance legislation
- United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1927
- 1927 in economics
- Unemployment in the United Kingdom