Liberal And Social Reforms Flashcards
When did the liberal government first introduce change
From 1906
What book did Charles booth publish and when
Life and labour of the people
Published in 1889
What percentage of London’s population were living in abject poverty
35%
His detailed survey had originally been designed to prove the belief that 25% of the population lived in poverty was far to high
When did Booth first discover level of poverty in parts of Liverpool
When he was campaigning unsuccessfully for election to parliament in 1865
What did Booth publish
reports which were very influential in changing attitudes towards the poor
Who was Seebohm Rowntree
a quaker, he was born into a rich family of chocolate makers in york
who inspired rowntree
the work of booth inspired him to investigate poverty in York
How did rowntree become influential in government circles
he influenced lloyd george and beveridge and his report in 1942- he could have perhaps single handedly changed government attitudes to poverty forever
between 1897 and 1898 how many people did rowntree and his researchers interview
46,000 citizens of the city and his results were published in ‘poverty, a study of town life’ in 1901
what percentage of people lived in poverty in York
nearly half the working class people
what is rowntree known as the inventor of?
the term ‘poverty line’ and became an adviser to Lloyd george after 1906
what was the 3rd book which played an influential part in shifting opinion?
in 1913, Maud Pember Reeves published ‘round about a pound a week’ which was a detailed survey of way workers, many of them in regular employment, like policemen, struggled to exist on an average wage of £1 a week. She had set out to prove that these families wasted money on drink but found that often women were going without food so the man (wage earner) and the children could eat.
how many shillings in 25 pence
5 shillings
What year was workmens compensation act passed
1906- granted compensation for injury at work
what year was education (provision of meals) act
1906
what year was education (administrative provisions) act
1907 and created school medical inspections
what year was matrimonial causes act
1907 and maintenance payments were to be paid to divorced women
what year was the children and young persons act (children’s charter)
1908 and made it illegal to sell alcohol, tobacco or fireworks to children
what year was the old age pensions act
1908 and over 70’s received 5 shillings a week, 7s 6d for a married couple
what year was labour exchanged act
1909 and helped get people back into a job
what year was the housing and town planning act
1909 and made it illegal to build back to back houses
what year was the national insurance act
1911 and sick and unemployment pay was introduced if you paid contributors into the scheme
what did Dr Barnardo do
provided very cheap or free meals for the children attending his ‘ragged school’ in London, where he argued that children could not learn properly if they were malnourished.
when was the free school meals act made compulsory
from 1906 but was not compulsory for local authorities to provide them until 1914, when 14 million were served over the course of the year. Parents were asked to contribute towards cost if they could afford it, the rest would come from local rates
during ww2 what percentage of the population were receiving free school meals
15% and had to pay 5d or 6d for a meal
when were free school meals banned?
the price increased until 1988 when the right to free school meals was restricted by Margaret Thatchers government.
what happened in september 2014
the coalition government of david cameron and nick clegg re-introduced free school meals for KS1 children, partly as a result of concerns many children were not learning properly due to hunger. This is not dissimilar to the reasons why Dr Barnardo established his ragged school
