liberal reforms

reforms for children. school meals act pof 1906 - children got a free meal for the poor.

free medical checks in 1907- in 1912 necessary treatment made free.

old age pensions.

• old age pensions act 1908
• gave 5s a week to poor old people.
• it was known as a present

unemployed.

• labour exchange(job centres) act of 1909
• first ones set up in 1910 and 400 of them in 1914
• 1909 trade board act tried to tackle low wages - minimum rates of pay introduced

national insurance (helping unemployed)

• health insurance. emplee, employer and govt contributed, paid 10s for 16 weeks.
• unemployment insurance  DID NOT help all workers just seasonal unemployed,claim 7s for 15 weeks. paid out at labour exchange.

Booth 

• sutudies in London
• 30% of population below poverty line.
• a family of 5 earnt around less than £1 a week.
• main causes: sickness, old age, unemployment,large families, low wages.
• most poor people weren't responsable for their poverty.

Rowntree. 

• studies in York.
• 30%of population below poverty line
• living with less than £1 a week.
• poor law at the time no good for dealing with the causes
• recruits for the boer war in 1899_ 40% un able to fight they were undernurised

1906= liberal refoms.

Welfare state- system of helping people.

successful.

• revolutionary idea.
• protecting and treating children differetnly. became more important.
• free school meals and free medical health checks (free treatment from 1912)
• OAPs given genuine financial support
• labour exchanges help finding work
• health + unemployment insurance helped in times of need. employer, employee + govt had to contribute.

limited in success

• poverty still existed on a huge scale
• family incomes relied heavily upon child labour
• not always popular- tax payer had to pay for them+ people would discourage from saving their pension.
• financial cost was huge.
• health insurance compulsary. people on low pay struggled to pay for something they may never use. didint cover everything- you paid for medicines.
• unemployment insurance didnt cover most workers. only lasted for 15 weeks.