Old-Age Pensions Act 1908 Old-Age Pensions Act 1908 The Old-Age Pensions Act 1908 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed in 1908. The Act is often regarded as one of the foundations of modern social welfare in the United Kingdom and forms part of the wider social welfare reforms of the Liberal Government of 1906–1914. Individuals over the age of 70 years got a total of 5 Shillings per week and couples over the age of 70 years got a total of 7 Shillings 5 Pence per week. The Act provided for a non-contributory old age pension for people over the
You Were... better for it." Alexey Eremenko from Allmusic was fairly similar in his review, stating "The ballads are the worst offenders in this [album], but it's easy to tune out on the rest of the songs as well, despite all of their bombast." Charting together as one single, "You Were..." and "Ballad" debuted at number one on the Japanese Daily Oricon Albums Chart, and stayed there for an entire week expect the weekend. However, due to Oricon's annual fifty-one-week rule, the single charted in the second week of January and not the first. As a result, "You Were..." and "Ballad" debuted