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. - SearchQuotes

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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

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