Lord Salisbury

Local Government Act (1888)

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    • Created county councils and set up the London County Council
    • New rural voters a degree of control over rural affairs 

Technical Institution Act (1889)

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    • Reforms in education
    • Board of Education was established
    • Fees for children attending board schools were abolished in 1892
    • Responsibility was given to local councils for technical education 
    • Government grants were given to universities 

Housing of the Working Class Act (1890)

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    • Allowed local councils to identify uninhabitable dwellings and replace with council-built

Factory Act (1890)

• End to children under the age of 11 working 
• Maximum 12 hour day for women wokers

Allotment Act and Smallholding Act (1892)

• Attempted to set up agricultural labourers with their own plot of land
• Achieved little
• Indicated government awareness of high rural unemployment