The Betterton Report on Public Assistance was a 1924 report on the
British system of
public assistance
Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifical ...
. It recommended that advice centres be set up and was one factor behind the establishment of the
Citizens Advice
Citizens AdviceCitizens Advice is the operating name of The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux which is the umbrella charity for a wider network of local advice centres. The abbreviation CitA is sometimes used to refer to this nation ...
organisation in the
United Kingdom
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.
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References
Citizens Advice