1906 Workmen's Compensation Act: injured at work/ suggested and accepted
1906 Trade Disputes Act: TU's can't be sued/ accepted
Direct result of demands made by the Liberals' Labour allies
After 1910 election when they were relied on more there were a further 2 reforms with far reaching consequences
Osborne Case 1908-09 threatened existence of Labour Party
Railway TU's objected TU's using his subscription to fund Labour.
House of Lords ruled in favour
Illegal to collect money for political purposes
The Payment of MP's Act (1911) MP's recieved no salary so only those with private income could afford to be MP's so this provided state payment of £400 a year
Trade Union Act (1913) allowed unions to impose "political levey" as part of memeber fee if they could opt out.
Thos who didn't want to support Labour could refuse to pay
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