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Nope! I’m not going to claim it was great before, but Britain was actively regressing as the Whigs took control and followed the ideas of Malthus and Bentham. T
by masklinn 2y ago
Nope! I’m not going to claim it was great before, but Britain was actively regressing as the Whigs took control and followed the ideas of Malthus and Bentham. The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (new poor law) was specifically design to check on and significantly downgrade the body of old poor law.