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What was William Beveridge's National Insurance Plan?

An elderly lady explains how she first heard of the National Savings plan when she was a young woman and what effect it had on her everyday life. The narrator explains that the benefits were also felt by pregnant women, the elderly, the retired, the ill and families with more than one child.

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Primary HistoryBritain Since 1948, A Better Britain for All

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