Chamberlain Circular

The Chamberlain Circular was a circular issued in 1886 in the United Kingdom by the Local Government Board. It encouraged the setting up of work relief projects in times of high unemployment.{{Cite web |url=http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/boyer.poor.laws.england# |title=EH.Net Encyclopedia: English Poor Laws |access-date=2009-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105105148/http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/boyer.poor.laws.england# |archive-date=2010-01-05 |url-status=dead }} It is evidence of a move away from the Poor Law system. The circular takes its name from the Liberal Unionist politician Joseph Chamberlain.