This episode explains how Victorian workhouses changed the meaning of charity in Britain. It opens in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in 1848, where people entering a workhouse were separated by gender, ...

The UK’s universal credit programme, which aims to roll six forms of state welfare including unemployment and housing benefits into one, was launched in 2010 with the aim of supporting people to work.

Walking through the genteel streets of Ripon, it’s easy to imagine the well-to-do of Victorian Yorkshire society going about their day-to-day lives, perhaps worshipping in the Cathedral or shopping in ...

A plaque, remembering thousands of people who were forced to live in a Victorian workhouse, has been unveiled. The Eastville Workhouse, in Bristol, was know as "100 Fishponds Road" and was one of the ...

As Victorian workhouses go, St Clement’s in Bow, east London, is unexpectedly beautiful. A grand ode to Italianate architecture, the building, which was also a former psychiatric hospital, is ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered incredible remains of a Victorian workhouse with colourful walls and a fireplace that offer insights into the early 19th-century workhouses established to help the poor.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UK’s Universal Credit programme, which aims to roll six forms of state welfare including unemployment and housing benefits ...