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
Offices of the National Insurance Commissioners and the Social Security Commissioners:...
Catalogue reference: CT 1
What's it about?
CT 1
Decisions of the National Insurance Commissioners and Social Security Commissioners on appeals for unemployment benefit.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CT 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Offices of the National Insurance Commissioners and the Social Security Commissioners: Commissioners' Decisions, Unemployment Benefit (CU Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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Decisions of the National Insurance Commissioners and Social Security Commissioners on appeals for unemployment benefit.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The records are in decision number order.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Decisions for 1965-1977 are wanting.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- CU file series
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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)
- 166 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5544/
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