Developments in England and Wales 1880--1929

Impact of WWI

• Govt. had much more power and control
• Total War - first time it happened
• DORA (Defence of the Realm Act)
  -control over key industries
• Ministry of Munitions set up
  - direct production to war effort
• Women taken into male dominated jobs
  - Labour shortage due to conscription
  - Sparked changing role of women 

Liberal Reforms

• Idea of Self Help not working
  - change needed to keep public backing 
• Charities overwhelmed
• Workhouses overcrowded
  -neither of these combating poverty efficiently
• Surveys carried out by Booth and Rowntree
  - 1/3 population in…