Needs of one-parent families, 1974

Submitted by: Joint Working Party on the Finer Report  The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, welcomes: the comprehensive findings and recommendations of the Finer report. The National Council of Women urges Her Majesty’s Government to...

War widows pensions, 1975

The National Council of Women in Conference assembled calls upon HM Government to improve the pension incomes of all war widows and bring them into line with the greatly improved attributable benefits awarded to widows whose husband served in the Armed Forces after...

Revision of rating system, 1975

The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, urges Her Majesty’s Government to introduce early legislation for a rating system whereby all persons in receipt of taxable income shall, in proportion to that income, contribute towards the benefits...

Widows’ children (statutory provision), 1975

The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, urges Her Majesty’s Government to reconsider the Act relating to the widowed mother with children who marries again; that she shall continue to receive her widowed mother’s allowance for her own...