Why was the People's Budget,1909 Controversial?

It was a complex new approach to taxation

• Previously raised to pay for Government expenditure, now to redistribute wealth
  • Targeted the rich to help the poor: similar to what Labour wanted
• Conservatives said it was an unprecedented attack on property

Did Lloyd George deliberately engineer Conflict?

• Lloyd George hated privileged especially landed privilege
• Unlikely to cause conflict since:
  • Asquith and Lloyd George's priority was Liberal Reforms which budget would pay for
  • Liberals watered down reforms to get them passed and concealed Old Age Pensions
  • Reforms needed kickstart with injection of cash

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