Liberal Reforms
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- The Liberal Reforms
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- The People's Budget 1909
- David Lloyd George passed new taxes on the Middle and Upper classes to pay for the Reforms to help the poor.
- If your income was less that £2000 your taxes did NOT change but if it was over £2000 it DID change.
- Over £2000 an extra 1 shilling a week.
- Over £5000 a extra 6d a week aswell as the 1 shilling a week.
- The was also a increase on inheritance tax.
- Which mostly effected the rich as the poor didn't hae money toopass down through the family
- Problems
- The conservative party objected that the rich had to pay for the poor.
- Surportive of the Rich.
- The new Labour Party thought that the rich had to pay more.
- Surportive of the poor.
- The House of Lords tried to stop the budget.
- The House of Lords was reformed so they couldn't oppose the budget.
- House of Lords were mostly upper class men.
- Surportive of the Rich.
- The conservative party objected that the rich had to pay for the poor.
- The People's Budget 1909
- The Underpaid
- The Trade Board Act 1909
- Aimed to set up a minimum wage for labourers.
- The boards were made up of labourers.
- The boards would contain factory owners as well as workers who could negotiate a living wage.
- Problems
- Only covered sweated industries.
- Wages were often still too low.
- Good
- 1/2 million workers were covered by a minimum wage.
- It was set up by Churchill.
- The Trade Board Act 1909
- The Sick
- Natainal Insurance Act PART 1 1911
- This dealt with health insurance.
- All men ad women in lower-paid manual jobs earning under £160 per year HAD to join.
- They had to pay 4d each week... 1 payment meant a stamp.
- The employer added 3d and the government 2d.
- Worker received 26 weeks of sick leave with pay at 10shillings a week.
- Free health care.
- Good
- Around 10 million men and 4 million women were covered by the national insurance.
- The government is taking responsibility for the sick.
- Problems
- The labour cruised that the poor had to pay 4d. They thought that they should pay nothing. The rich should be taxed further.
- Surportive of the poor.
- The labour cruised that the poor had to pay 4d. They thought that they should pay nothing. The rich should be taxed further.
- Natainal Insurance Act PART 1 1911
- The Old
- The Old Age Pension Act 1908
- A person over 70 with no other income would receive 5 shillings per week.
- Married couple received 7 shilling ad 6d a week.
- Pension could be refuse for people who hadn't worked their whole life.
- The old lived in threat of the workhouse.
- You had to be a UK citizen for 20 years to qualify.
- First payment on the 1st Januray1909
- Good
- In 1909 650,000 people collected a pension,
- Untitled
- Poverty was being tackled by money from the government.
- Bad
- You had to be 70 to collect
- With poverty not many people lived to 70 because of diseases,.
- Labour thought it was too little
- You had to be 70 to collect
- A person over 70 with no other income would receive 5 shillings per week.
- The Old Age Pension Act 1908
- The unemployed
- Labour Exchange Act 1909
- It created jobs f the unemployed.
- Good
- It provided 3000 jobs per day.
- Bad
- The jobs were oftern low paid and temporary.
- Labour Exchange Act 1909
- Children
- Free School meals 1906
- By 1914 14 million meals being served for free.
- Schools medical inspection act1907
- It was placed into every school to prevent health poverty.
- It was only1 check ayear and they miss something whichmeans they will have to pay for any other check ups.
- The children's act 1908
- It stops parents claiming insurance for the death of there child.
- Untitled
- Free School meals 1906
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