The 1948 National Assistance Act was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee. It formally abolished the Poor Law system which had existed since the reign of Elizabeth I.^[1]

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1. ^ http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/historyf.htm

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• National Assistance Act 1948

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