-They're poor because they're lazy, it's their own fault. -If they worked hard enough, they could get out of poverty. - Government attitide, Laissez-Faire
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How many children were rescued by 'Barnardos' up to 1905?
59,384 children
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Describe The Poor Law- Indoor Relief
Provided by the state for the destitute. Workhouses provided work and shelter for the poor however conditions were bad and work was hard.
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Describe The Poor Law- Outdoor Relief
Payments, sometimes in cash, sometimes in goods or services. to people in their own homes.
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How did people feel if they had to accept help from the Poor Law?
They feared and dreaded the workhouse, and were shamed and disgraces if they accepted such help from the state
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What were Charles Booth's main findings?
Nearly 31% of London were living below Seebohm Rowntree's poverty line, 85% of people living in poverty were poor due to unemployment and low wages, not laziness
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What were Seebohm Rowntree's main findings?
Poverty was caused by old age and illness, the poor often suffered form the ups and downs of britains trade cycle, in York 27% of population lived below poverty line, the very old and very young, ill and unemployed were worst affected by poverty
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Why did the Liberals introduce the welfare reforms?
The social reformers, Attitudes towards poverty were changing, political rivalry, Increasing information about poverty, The scale of the problem, National efficiency, Lloyd George and Churchill
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Describe the Old Age Pensions Act (1908)
Provided pensions to those over the age of 70 who had an annual income of less than £21 or less. Payments of 5s if single and 7s6d if married
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Describe the National Insurance act Part 1 (1911)
Compulsory insurance scheme to provide money for workers if they fell ill- worker (4d), employer (3d) and government (2d) all contributed.
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Describe the National Insurance Act Part 2 (1911)
Insurance scheme to provide money for trades with seasonal employment eg. building
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Describe the Labour Exchanges Act (1909)
Set up a national system of labour exchanges to help people find work
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Describe the Free School Meals act (1906)
Every council given the power to provide free school meals for children from the poorest families, paid for by local rates.
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Describe the School Medical Inspections Act (1907)
Free medical checks in schools (not free treatment)
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Describe the School Clinics Act (1912)
Set up treatment clinics in schools
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Describe the Children's Act (1908)
Children became protected persons, made it illegal to insure a childs life, set up borstals and special child courts etc
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What were the positives of the reforms?
They provided a safety net for most of the vulnerable, they started the changes, a considerable change
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What were the negatives of the reforms?
they were not 100% effective as some relied on local authorites
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What was the 1909 budget?
Lloyd George raised taxes to pay for the reforms, these hit the rich hard
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What was the 1911 Parliament Act?
It stated that the House of Lords could not reject a bill if it had been passed three times in the House of commons, it required a general election every 5 years instead of every seven, made Britain a democracy
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What were the Labour party opinions on the reforms?
Workers should not have to contribute to fund their own benefits ( In the National Insurance Acts of 1911)
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What did the Rich think of the reforms?
The conservatives did not like the idea of a nanny state, the house of lords strongly opposed the high taxation of the landowners
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
How many children were rescued by 'Barnardos' up to 1905?
Back
59,384 children
Card 3
Front
Describe The Poor Law- Indoor Relief
Back
Card 4
Front
Describe The Poor Law- Outdoor Relief
Back
Card 5
Front
How did people feel if they had to accept help from the Poor Law?
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