Tony Lynes
Tony Lynes (1929 – 12 October 2014) was a British writer and campaigner in the field of social security and pensions.
After qualifying and working as a Chartered Accountant, he was employed as assistant to Professor
He led the shareholder revolt against the
He is credited with bringing the idea of a welfare rights movement to the UK, after he visited the US. He famously attended parliamentary debates, and on the same day composed press releases at the CPAG office which he then delivered, in person, to Fleet Street - all by bicycle.[4]
He spent his years in retirement working with Southwark Pensioners Action Group, campaigning for a better deal for pensioners. He also founded Southwark Explorers Club and the Welcome Singers.[5]
He died as a result of a being knocked over by a car in Herne Hill on 11 October 2014.
Publications
- Pension Rights and Wrongs. A Critique of the Conservative Scheme (Fabian tract) 1963
- French pensions (Occasional papers on social administration) 1967
- Labour's pension plan (Fabian tract) 1969
- Pension Rights and Wrongs 1969
- Welfare Rights (Fabian tract) 1969
- Penguin Guide to Supplementary Benefits 1981
- The Unemployment Assistance Board: The Origins of Supplementary Benefit 1992
- Our Pensions: A Policy for a Labour Government 1996
References
- ^ Bradshaw, Johnathan. "Remembering Tony Lynes". CPAG. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ Sibley, Jenny. "Tony Lynes – my memories of a special man". CPAG. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ Veit-Wilson, John (1999). H Fawcett and R Lowe (ed.). "The National Assistance Board and the 'Rediscovery' of Poverty, Chapter 7 of Welfare Policy in Britain: The Road from 1945" (PDF). Macmillan. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ "Child Poverty Action Group's first Director & founder, Tony Lynes, has passed away". CPAG. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ "Local people making a difference". Southwark Council. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
External links
- Personal website of Tony Lynes
- Archival material at Leeds University Library