What is Social security in the United Kingdom?
The English [[Poor Law]] system was set up in the [[Tudor period]]. [[Monastery|Monasteries]] had given a lot of support to the poor but they were closed. Beggars were sent back to their homes. [[Workhouse|Workhouses]] were set up by the [[parish]]es for people who could not earn money and they were given work to do. They were paid for by a local tax on the property of the richest people in the parish.<ref>{{Cite web|title=An Introduction to the Workhouse|url=https://www.workhouses.org.uk/intro/|access-date=2023-01-25|website=www.workhouses.org.uk}}</ref> [[File:National_Insurance_Act,_1911.jpg|thumb|Picture of National Insurance]] [[Pension]]<nowiki/>s were introduced for poor people over 70 in 1908. The [[National Insurance Act]] was passed in 1911. This introduced [[National Insurance]] Contributions, which gave free medical treatment to working men, [[sick pay]] of 10 shillings a week for 26 weeks and 30 shillings Maternity Grant. Unemployed workers could get 7 shillings per week for up to 15 weeks in a year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1911-02-27|title=National Insurance Act 1911|url=https://www.sochealth.co.uk/national-health-service/health-law/national-insurance-act-1911/|access-date=2023-01-25|website=Socialist Health Association|language=en-GB}}</ref> The Beveridge Report of 1942 proposed a big expansion of this system and [[Clement Attlee]]'s government passed laws to make it happen. The National Insurance Act 1946 included sickness and unemployment benefits. This was popular and the [[Conservative Party (UK)]] continued it. Married women were expected to rely on their husbands for support. They were not entitled to the same benefits as men. There were [[widows benefit]]s for women whose husbands died but no benefits for men whose wives died. [[National Assistance]] was the main [[means test]]<nowiki/>ed benefit from 1948 to 1966. Then [[Supplementary Benefit]] was introduced, and the legal rules were published. People could go to court about it. It was replaced by [[Income Support]] in 1988. He