liberal reforms Flashcards
how did the liberal reforms help the old
it made life slightly more financially bearable and helped keep older people from falling below the poverty line
how DIDNT the reforms help the old
people at this time usually didn’t live long enough to collect a pension and Seebohm Rowntree found that 35p per week was the minimum needed to survive, which the pensions fell short of
how did the reforms help the young
meals - allowed children to learn without being distracted by hunger and causes school attendance to increase
children’s act - was the first time young people were protected by law
how DIDNT the reforms help the young
meals-children weren’t fed during holidays and on weekends and free meals weren’t compulsory
children’s act - difficult to enforce and children continued to do all the banned things in public
how did the reforms help the workers
absence from work through sickness was a major cause of poverty so any money coming in during periods of illness would help a family survive
made work safer for miners with shorter days
how DIDNT the reforms help the workers
the benefits were limited to a period of only 26 weeks and many workers were ill for longer than that
reforms were effectively a wage cut leading to increased poverty
