BENEFITS INCREASED
BRITISH UNEMPLOYMENT SCHEME. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON. June 27. An unemployment insurance Bill introduced in the House of Commons provides an increase in the benefit rates by a maximum of 3s a week and also increases in contributions and extends the scheme to a large new class including those earning £420 a year. The cost of living has increased by 17 per cent since the outbreak of war. This is the Government’s principal reason for increasing the basic rates of benefit.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 June 1940, Page 7
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83BENEFITS INCREASED Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 June 1940, Page 7
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