Liberal Reforms Successes essay Flashcards
Liberal reforms successes topics
Old, young, sick, unemployed
Liberal reforms successes introduction
Reports of Booth and Rowntree publicised issue of reforms, Boer war showed impact of poverty, New Liberals entered government
Young K
Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 allowed local authorities to raise taxes to provide free school meals, Education Act (Medical Inspection of Schools) 1907 to carry out free and compulsory medical inspections of all children
Young A
Child more regularly fed and parents could save money to spend elsewhere
Young A+
Not all authorities took part in scheme and some just raised taxes without giving free school meals
Young E
School meals served per year rose from 3 million in 1906 to 9 million in 1910 to 14 million in 1914
Old K
Pensions Act 1908 gave a pension to everyone who met a certain criteria, worth 5 shillings a week for those who earned less than £21 per year (7s 6d for couples) with those earning more than £31 getting nothing
Old A
Pensions gave a boost in income to the elderly, lifting them out of poverty
Old A+
Requirements to receive pension very strict - anyone who committed any sort of crime not eligible - poor people most likely to commit crimes and least likely to live to 70
Old E
600,000 received the pension in the first year
Sick K
Insurance Act (Sickness Benefits) 1911 allowed workers to pay for insurance to give them money if they fell too ill to work, if they fell ill they received 10 shillings a week for 13 weeks and then 5 shillings a week for another 13 weeks
Sick A
The worker received a free medical examination and money to pay for treatment from insurance scheme
Sick A+
Wife and children of worker could not join insurance scheme
Sick E
Workers in the scheme received free treatment for tuberculosis and maternity benefits for women
Unemployed K
Labour Exchanges Act 1909 to help unemployed find work, National Insurance Act 1911 offered workers in seasonal employment a payment of 7s 6d for 15 weeks if unemployed
