The story of
The General Strike
In May 1926 over 1.5 million UK workers went on strike, bringing Britain to a standstill. Our records provide an insight into its origins and impact.
Series
Ministry of Labour and successors: Specimens of Stock Forms
Catalogue reference: LAB 80
What's it about?
LAB 80
This series contains specimens of forms in use in the Department of Employment and its predecessors. The forms include explanatory leaflets, returns and instructions, for use internally and externally.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LAB 80
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Labour and successors: Specimens of Stock Forms
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1924-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains specimens of forms in use in the Department of Employment and its predecessors. The forms include explanatory leaflets, returns and instructions, for use internally and externally.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The forms are arranged alphabetically by their prefixes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 29 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Labour
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10195/
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