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U.A.B.1937
National Assistance Board1948
NAB1953
Big Mac1975
1937 ‘G. Orwell’Road to Wigan Pier v. 77 When a man's stamps are exhausted..he receives twenty-six weeks' ‘transitional benefit’ from the U.A.B. (Unemployment Assistance Board).