Assessment of liberal reforms

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Assessment of liberal reforms
Old Men And Women Searching in the Garbage
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How successful were Liberal reforms?

• Offered low levels of support to the poor as a
  supplement
• Still people living below poverty line
• However move away from dreaded poor law

Whitechapel Line 1, London, 1900
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How successful were Liberal reforms?

• Significant shift away from laissez-faire
• Open to influences e.g. BMA, friendly societies,
  Webbs
• See Historians views as they disagree on the
  extent of the reforms

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How successful were Liberal reforms?
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• Limited welfare programme but brought in a
  system that won popular approval
• Liberals had to take on opposition and problems
  at home

Pavement Sitting, London 1900
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ESSAY QUESTIONS

• To what extent were the social reforms of the
  Liberal Government (1906-19140 prompted by
  feelings of genuine concern for the masses
• Why did the liberal Government introduce so many
  reform measures in the period 1906-14?
• More a product of political necessity than of
  social concern Is this a fair judgement on the
  social reforms of the Liberal Government
  1906-1914?

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ESSAY QUESTIONS

• How did the Liberal government seek to cope with
  the problems of unemployment after 1906?
• How far reaching were the welfare reforms enacted
  by the Liberal Governments of 1906-1914
• How successful were the social reforms of the
  Liberal government in solving the real problems
  of the day

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Your essay question!!!

• Intro- state what the causes of poverty were eg
  old age, low wages, illness, industrial injury,
  tackled with some degree of success, give
  overview of acts that helped tackle these
  problems- limited success

Frying-Pan Alley, London,1900
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Your essay question!!!

• Problems for young/ acts that helped
  why/drawbacks
• Problems for elderly/acts that helped
  why/drawbacks

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Your essay question!!!

• Problems for workers/acts eg compensation
  act/Trades board act/limited success
• Problems for unemployed/acts eg insurance/
• drawbacks

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Your essay question!!!

• Problems for sick/act/
• drawbacks
• Conclusion/
• positives/negatives