Ministry of Labour (United Kingdom)

Labour Exchange Reading, Berkshire, UK during second world war

The Ministry of Labour was a British government department established by the New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916. It later morphed into the Department of Employment.[1] Most of its functions are now performed by the Department for Work and Pensions.

  1. ^ Jon Davis "Employment, Department of (1970–95)" in John Ramsden (ed) The Oxford Companion to British Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p.222