Welfare 1918-1939

Welfare 1918-1939

1. David Lloyd George 1918-1922

   • Welfare in 1918
     • Based on Victorian Poor Laws
     • Liberal 20th cent reforms
   • Unemployment Insurance Act 1911
     • Some men entitled to unemployment benefit
       • Below average wage
     • Womens maternity allowance covered
     • Only 10% working males
   • Unemployment Insurance Act 1920
     • NI extended
       • 11.4 million by 1924
     • Increased unemployment benefit
       • Still below average
     • State funded dole without means test
       • Feared Communist revoloution
   • Gov consensus
     • Invest in research
     • Invest in medical training
     • Organise national hospital network
   • Ministry of Health Act 1919
     • Health co-ordinated regionally
     • Researched TB
       • Most serious public health problem
       • Declined every year till 1938

2. Ramsay Macdonald 1922-24

3. Stanley Baldwin 1924-1929

4. Ramsay Macdonald 1929-1931

5. National Gov 1931-37