That is as it should be. Before we had a welfare state, it was up to churches and private organizations to provide provide for people who needed help.
I never believe the government should’ve had any role in that, or at least a limited role at best. Not the whole cradle to grave thing…
England had a long history of welfare.
“Parliament intervened with the Statute of Cambridge 1388 that penalized unauthorized departures, legitimized begging and required parishes to support their own poor. The “Old Poor Law” of 1601 created a more coherent system, requiring each parish to be responsible for its own poor, funded by collecting rates from property owners. It distinguished the deserving and undeserving poor. The Act of Settlement 1662 restricted poor relief to long-term residents or those born in a parish. In the 18th century, some parishes formed unions to build workhouses for the poor who were able to work.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_welfare_state_in_the_United_Kingdom