Lloyd George's social policies
- Created by: lyd_kate
- Created on: 24-02-18 13:19
View mindmap
- Lloyd George's social policies 1918-22
- Reasons for social policies
- Coalition didn't want to end pre war work
- Post war disturbances meant working class concessions
- Post war boom = Surplus in insurance funds
- War to peace transition had to keep some controls on wages/rent
- Policies
- 1918 Maternity & Child Welfare 1919 Old Age Pensions & NI (up to £250) 1920 Unemployment =extended
- 1921 Unemployment Insurance = dole.
- Unemployment dependents Act 1921
- 1919 housing act (shortage 1/2m homes) 213,000 built
- Unemployment dependents Act 1921
- Economic outlook 1922
- Falling trade, govt income & debts - stop reforms & privatised but outdated railways
- Geddes Axe 1922 - £87m recommended, only did £52m
- Workhouses, coal mines to owners when sales down, 85k strikes 1921
- Unemployment up post boom 1921= 2m
- Falling trade, govt income & debts - stop reforms & privatised but outdated railways
- Reasons for social policies
Comments
No comments have yet been made