Liberal Reforms

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  • The Liberal Reforms
    • 1901-Seebohm Rowntree & Liberal Govt, study on poverty
      • Children
        • 1906 -Free School Meals
        • 1908 Children and Young Persons Act.
          • punishments for neglecting or treating children cruelly.
      • Old Age
        • 1908 PensionAct were introduced for the over 70's
        • 5s (shillings) a week, or 7s 6d to a married couple.
      • Sick or Unemployed
        • 1909 labour exchanges were set up to help unemployed people find work.
        • 1911/1912 National Insurance Act
          • Part 1: right to free medical treatment, sick pay of 10s a week for 26 weeks in return for a payment of 4d a week
          • Part 2: right to unemployment pay (dole) of 7s 6d a week for 15 weeks in return for a payment of 2½d a week.
      • Found 28% of the population didn't have the minimum.
    • 1906 - Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) introduced reforms to help these 3 groups
      • 1909 - introduced a budget which taxed the rich and landowners, to help with the reforms
    • 1899 The Boer War - people rejected from the army, for being too unfit (poor diet)
    • Liberals wanted to appeal to the working class so they don't vote Labour.

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