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Causes of Liberal Reforms
- Industrial Decline
- 1900 USA and Germany were leading industrial powers
- Healthy workforce - welfare reforms by G Chancellor Bismark
- UK birth rate falling
- Empire under threat
- Children more highly valued
- 1900 USA and Germany were leading industrial powers
- Key Individuals
- Winston Churchill
- 1908 President of Board of Trade
- David Lloyd George
- Parents experienced poverty
- Both sympathised with the poor
- Winston Churchill
- Changing Political Scene
- Liberals 1906 - Henry Campbell Bannerman
- Workers voted for reforms
- Way of fighting socialism
- Political rivalry - Liberals joined Labour
- Liberals 1906 - Henry Campbell Bannerman
- Military Problems
- Boer War 1899-1902
- 40% of all volunteers unfit for service
- Due to poor diet
- Army lowered minimum height
- Government shocked
- Investigation set up
- Boer War 1899-1902
- Decline of Emphasis on Self Help
- People thought poor would waste money
- Govt. felt it wasn't pools fault
- Govt. felt duty to help those who needed it
- Gave a basic living standard
- People thought poor would waste money
- Growing Awareness of Poverty
- Huge contrast between rich and poor
- Social reformers - Charles Booth and Seebohm Rowntree
- Encouraged helping the poor
- Huge contrast between rich and poor
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