Unemployment
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Found in 269 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 360 - 379., 21 Jun 1926 - 09 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/103
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Cecil [of Chelwood, earlier Lord Robert Cecil], Chancellor of the Duchy ofLancaster, on compulsory arbitration in international disputes; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary for Scotland, on the Police (Appeals) Bill, and poor relief for miners' dependants; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, on loans for poor relief in areas affected by the miners' strike; a Ministry of Labour special report on unemployment; Sir...
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21 Jun 1926 - 09 Nov 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 381 - 399., 05 Dec 1928 - 07 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/209
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on reparations and the establishment of a war memorial in Gibraltar; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on naval estimates and naval construction; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on subjects including compensation for Irish loyalists, the appointment of High Commissioners to Canada and South Africa, dominion and merchant shipping legislation; Lord...
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05 Dec 1928 - 07 Dec 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 400 - 415., 30 Nov 1928 - 02 Jan 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/210
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on coal amalgamations, the British industries fair and the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; [1st] Lord Peel, Secretary of State for India, on the Indian statutory commission and a rebellion in East Afghanistan; Leo Amery, Secretary of...
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30 Nov 1928 - 02 Jan 1929
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Official: Cabinet: papers 400 - 428., 30 Mar 1926 - 29 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/105
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury], on the possible reduction of the British Army of Occupation in the Rhineland [Germany]; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; extracts from the draft minutes of the Committee of Imperial Defence on South West Arabia and Egypt; draft instructions to Miles Lampson [later 1st Lord Killearn], British Minister-designate at Peking [later Beijing, China]; 1st Lord...
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30 Mar 1926 - 29 Dec 1926
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Official: Cabinet: papers 401 - 429., 24 Oct 1924 - 21 Oct 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/43
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: the Board of Trade Advisory Council's monthly review of the trade outlook; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India, on the position at Canton [later Guangzhou, China]; Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on Turkey's position over the Iraq frontier, and the German attitude to security negotiations; Joseph Caillaux, the French Minister of Finance, on the French war debt to Britain; William...
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24 Oct 1924 - 21 Oct 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 430 - 459., 02 Apr 1925 - 09 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/44
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Balfour, Chairman of the Committee on Civil Research, on the British Dye Industry, and, as Lord President of the Council, on the Rosyth [Fife, Scotland] Dockyard; 1st Lord Haldane on the dye industry; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including the Finance Bill (Safeguarding of Industries); the Board of Trade...
Dates:
02 Apr 1925 - 09 Nov 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 460 - 484., 29 Jul 1925 - 19 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/45
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Representation of the People (Economy Provisions) Bill, the award of the Irish Boundary Commission, International Labour Conference conventions on workmen's compensation, and the draft Police Pensions Bill; a draft of the Representation Bill; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on emergency arrangements in case of strikes; a Ministry...
Dates:
29 Jul 1925 - 19 Nov 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 520 - 555., 20 Oct 1923 - 30 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/22
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Birkenhead [Secretary of State for India, earlier F E Smith] on the Geneva [Switzerland] Opium Conference; 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, earlier Lord Robert Cecil] on the League of Nations enquiry into the dispute between Britain and Egypt; Sir Cecil Hurst [legal advisor to the Foreign Office] on the dispute with Egypt; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour on Trade...
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20 Oct 1923 - 30 Dec 1924
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Official: Cabinet: papers, correspondence and notes., 05 Aug 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/7
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Correspondents include: Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] on subjects including the breaking off of negotiations with Ireland and 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary]'s policy over France's treaty with Turkey (6); Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard on WSC's help in giving a distinct role to the Air Force; Sir Alfred Mond [Minister of Health] on immigration and Palestine; General Sir Charles Harington [General Officer Commanding in Chief, Allied Forces of Occupation in...
Dates:
05 Aug 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers., 02 Feb 1911 - 31 Aug 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/26
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Cabinet papers on various subjects including: the deposition given by the Sultan of Zanzibar [Tanzania]; an "all British" route between the United Kingdom and Canada; legal precedents relating to the King appearing in court as a witness [relating to a libel case involving King George V]; the mental infirmity bill; report on national expenditure; the treatment of the feeble minded; labour exchanges and the Dominions; unemployment insurance; a new Science Museum in South Kensington [London];...
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02 Feb 1911 - 31 Aug 1911
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers., Mar 1914 - Aug 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/36
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Includes Cabinet papers on various subjects including: a proposed aircraft expedition to Somaliland [later Somalia]; the national insurance bill including measures to alleviate the problems of unemployment; the foreign enlistment bill; notes on the composition of British Expeditionary Force; correspondence between the Foreign Secretary [Sir Edward Grey] and various ambassadors regarding the European crisis and events leading up to the outbreak of World War I including the declaration of war...
Dates:
Mar 1914 - Aug 1914
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Official: Cabinet: Scotland Yard reports on revolutionary organisations in the United Kingdom., 13 Sep 1928 - 20 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/226
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Typescript reports on Communist organisations including details of meetings, propaganda, approaches to the unemployed and an organisation called "Friends of Soviet Russia".
Dates:
13 Sep 1928 - 20 Dec 1928
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From the Fonds:
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Official: Cabinet: Standing Committee on Expenditure: Conclusions., 10 Feb 1927 - 27 Oct 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/168
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Includes committee minutes of statements made by: Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister; Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Lord Privy Seal; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] President of the Board of Trade; Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne] Minister of Agriculture; [1st] Lord Peel, 1st Commissioner of Works; [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health;...
Dates:
10 Feb 1927 - 27 Oct 1927
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Official: Cabinet: Standing Committee on Expenditure: Papers., 31 Jan 1927 - 03 Nov 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/169
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Includes papers relating to reductions in public expenditure including: 4 papers by Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on the army estimates for 1927 and 1928; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, and a Treasury memorandum, on the unemployment insurance bill; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the overseas settlement and proposed reductions; Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services, Treasury] suggesting savings to meet the supplementary estimate...
Dates:
31 Jan 1927 - 03 Nov 1927
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Official: Cabinet: Treasury: Unemployment Insurance Bill Committee., 16 Jun 1927 - 18 Jun 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/177
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Includes committee minutes of statements made by: [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] President of the Board of Trade; Clement Tryon, Minister of Pensions on redrafting of the unemployment insurance bill without...
Dates:
16 Jun 1927 - 18 Jun 1927
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: conclusions 83 - 89., 03 Mar 1925 - 08 Oct 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/70
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Subjects include: the Scottish Oil Shale Mines; the Unemployment Grants Committee; "Black Spot" areas; road and bridge schemes; land drainage relief schemes; a subsidy in aid of wages; subsidies for industry; East African railways development; the Trade Facilities Committee.Also includes: letters from Wilfrid Ashley [Secretary of State for Transport] and Sir Laming Worthington- Evans [Chairman of the Unemployment Committee].
Dates:
03 Mar 1925 - 08 Oct 1925
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: Conclusions (CU) 79 - 82., 11 Nov 1924 - 19 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/24
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Conclusions of meetings of the Unemployment Committee on the following subjects: the Unemployment Grants Committee; gas and electricity statutory orders; the Trade Facilities Committee; the Ministry of Transport's new road and bridge programme; the current position of unemployment; assistance to shipbuilding; the Severn Barrage Scheme; the dockyards and unemployment; building trade labour; Post Office works; assistance to public utilities, including railways; the Leith [Edinburgh, Scotland]...
Dates:
11 Nov 1924 - 19 Dec 1924
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: papers 724 - 737., 09 Jan 1925 - 27 Apr 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/71
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Includes papers from various individuals on unemployment, including: a Ministry of Labour report on the "Black Country" [Staffordshire] reclamation scheme; Charles Rey, Secretary to the Unemployment Grants Committee, on works for unemployment relief, 1925-1926; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on Scottish oil shale mines; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary for Scotland; a Scottish Board of Health memorandum on the...
Dates:
09 Jan 1925 - 27 Apr 1925
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: papers 741 - 754., 15 Apr 1925 - 25 Jun 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/72
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Includes papers from various individuals on unemployment, including: 1st Lord Aberconway [earlier Charles M'Laren] on extending the Trade Facilities Acts; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subsidies to reduce unemployment; Mines Department memoranda on subsidised employment in the coal industry; a Ministry of Labour memorandum on unemployment relief in Germany; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of...
Dates:
15 Apr 1925 - 25 Jun 1925
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: papers 755 - 766., 23 Jun 1925 - 16 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/73
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Includes papers from various individuals on unemployment, including: Sir John Gilmour, Secretary for Scotland, on land drainage relief schemes; a Department of Overseas Trade report on the export credits scheme, and a note on agricultural machinery for Argentina; Wilfrid Ashley, Minister of Transport, on additional road and bridge schemes for the relief of unemployment; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour; Sir Alfred Mond [later 1st Lord Melchett] on subsidies for unemployment...
Dates:
23 Jun 1925 - 16 Dec 1925
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: Papers (CU) 704 - 723., 07 Jul 1924 - 16 Dec 1924
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/25
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Charles Rey, Secretary to the Unemployment Grants Committee, on the work of the committee, and relief of the unemployed, winter 1924-1925; the third (interim) report of the proceedings of the Unemployment Grants Committee; Wilfrid Ashley, Minister of Transport, on the current position of the programme of road works for relief of the unemployed, electrical development, and the ability of the road fund to finance further...
Dates:
07 Jul 1924 - 16 Dec 1924
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Policy Committee: Conclusions., 10 Jul 1928 - 18 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/215
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Includes committee minutes of statements made by: WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health; and Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour. Measures discussed include: the reduction of...
Dates:
10 Jul 1928 - 18 Jul 1928
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Policy Committee: correspondence and memoranda., 07 Jul 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/218
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Includes notes and correspondence by individuals including: Sir Richard Hopkins, Controller of Finance and Supply Services, Treasury, on overseas settlement, the industrial transference board, forest holdings for miners and amalgamation of industries (5); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to WSC] on subjects including the selection of the committee (5); Sir Josiah Stamp (2); WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Alfred Faulkner, Under-Secretary for Mines and Petroleum, on employment; and...
Dates:
07 Jul 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Policy Committee: papers., 05 Jul 1928 - 19 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/216
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Includes reports on various subjects by various individuals including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on industrial transference, migration to Canada; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on amalgamation of industries; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on the health of school children in distressed areas; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on grants for...
Dates:
05 Jul 1928 - 19 Jul 1928
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Policy Committee: related Cabinet papers and conclusions., 27 Jun 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/217
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Includes papers by various individuals including: Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on overseas settlement; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the Industrial Transference Board; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, and Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on concentration and anticipation; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on...
Dates:
27 Jun 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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