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How important was the aim of reducing the burden on the ratepayers in the framing of the 1834 Poor Law?
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How important was the aim of reducing the burden on the ratepayers in the framing of the 1834 Poor Law? Britain was experiencing a great deal of inconsistency in social and economic change and a problem of poverty became increasingly obvious to the Whig Government at the time. There are many reasons for the changes made in the framing of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act and the aim of reducing the burden on ratepayers was a very important factor as ratepayers were continually expressing their concerns to the Government, however there are many other important factors that have to be taken into consideration into the framing of the act. In the eighteenth century poor relief was based on the basis of two influential statutes that were the Elizabethan Poor Law of 1597 and 1601 along with the Act of Settlement of 1662. Poverty was affecting all aspects of life and the Poor...
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