Name: Episode 1 | Benefits Britain 1949
Uploaded: 2025-09-30
Duration: 47 min 27 s
Description: Episode 1 | Benefits Britain 1949 | Benefits claimants volunteer to live by the rules of the first year of the welfare state. This first episode asks how the state should support disabled, long-term sick and elderly people.

Synopsis

Benefits claimants volunteer to live by the rules of the first year of the welfare state. This first episode asks how the state should support disabled, long-term sick and elderly people.

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