How the Liberals helped children, the elderly, and the unemployed
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- Created on: 06-06-15 17:17
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- How the Liberals helped..
- Children
- School Meals Act (1906)
- Gave Authorities the power to give free school meals
- By 1914, 150,000 children were getting one good meal a day
- It wasn't compulsory so some children didn't benefit
- School Medical Service (1907)
- Gave local authorities the power to issue free medical checks in schools
- It wasn't compulsory, some children missed out
- Children's Act (1908)
- Gave children a "protected" status
- Set up children's courts and homes
- School Meals Act (1906)
- The Elderly
- Old Age Pensions Act (1909)
- People over 70 got pensions if they were on low incomes
- Kept many old people out of the workhouse
- Refused to people who had never worked in their lives or who were in prison in the last 10 years
- 1/2 a million qualified
- Old Age Pensions Act (1909)
- Unemployed
- Labour Exchanges Act (1909)
- Government run "job centres"
- People could register and look for work
- Work available was mainly temporary or part time
- Government did nothing to increase the amount of jobs available
- 1 million people employed through the labour exchange from 1914
- National Insurance Act (1911)
- Protected poor peoples finances if they lost their jobs die to illness
- Workers, employers, and the government contributed
- Safety net to help people through rough times
- Pay only lasted a limited time
- National Insurance Act part 2 (1912)
- Gave the poor unemployment insurance too
- Unemployment insurance only applied to those in seasonal labour
- Labour Exchanges Act (1909)
- Children
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