John Walter and The Times
One of the most outspoken critics of the New poor law was John Walter, the owner and editor of The Times newspaper, and as the bill had passed through Parliament he had written thirty editorials and raised several petitions against it. After the bill passed into law, The Times continued to battle against the workhouse system, keeping it in the news every day "sometimes with only a single item; often with a thunderous editorial; now and again with a lengthy report on a detailed case of brutality or hardship which special correspondents ... had managed to expose in spite of concealment."
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