In August 1946 the first recipients of family allowances meet the Minister of National Insurance at Stepney in London.
During the Second World War, the government became concerned with finding a way to support families without causing inflationary increases in wages. Although wage earners with children already received a child tax allowance, this did not help poorer families.
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