What is the difference between the old poor law and the new poor law?
The old poor law was the system for the provision of social security in operation in England and Wales from the 16th century until the establishment of the welfare state in the 20th century, and was known as the Elizabethan poor law. The new poor law on the other hand declared the poor relief should be granted to able- bodied poor and their dependents only in well regulated workhouse.
