Labour Rate

{{Short description|System of poor relief in England (1832-1834)}}

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The Labour Rate was a system of poor relief (outdoor relief), used in England from 1832 to 1834,"[http://www.victorianweb.org/history/poorlaw/speen.html The Speenhamland System]", The Victorian Web, accessed 2009-06-07 where workers were paid at a given rate. If this was not met then the rest had to be made up by the parish's poor relief."[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1834/apr/30/labour-rate Labour Rate]", Hansard, 30 April 1834 vol.23 cc.307-12 It was authorised by the Agricultural Labourers Act 1832, and adopted in about 1 in 5 parishes until it was replaced by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834.