Michelle Said:

Liberal reforms 1906-1914?

We Answered:

The most important reform was the Parliament Act of 1911, which reformed the House of Lords by removing its power to permanently block government legislation.As a result, Britain began a rapid decline from its position as the dominant global power.

Edgar Said:

what were the motivations behind the liberal government (1906-1914) reforms?

We Answered:

A study of poverty in 1901 by Seebohm Rowntree found that in a society where those who didn't work didn't eat, there were three times in people's lives when they were especially vulnerable:

* as a young child
* when they were old
* when they were sick or unemployed

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Nelson Said:

britain 1906 - 1918?

We Answered:

According to the Dictionary of British History

"... the mistakes of the Unionists restored the unity of the Liberal Party. The Education Act of 1902 upset the religious balance achieved by the Liberal Education Act of 1870. Nonconformists were outraged and many of those who had deserted the party in 1886 came back. More important, in 1903, Chamberlain, now one of the leading figures in the Unionist government, repudiated free trade, an article of faith to both parties for over 50 years. The Education Act and tariff reform healed the rift in the Liberal Party which, in 1906, won a landslide victory.

Liberal hegemony lasted until 1915. During those nine years the party largely completed the unfinished agenda of Victorian radicalism, restricting the powers of the Lords, introducing Irish Home Rule, and disestablishing the Church of England in Wales. At the same time it looked forward, with the introduction of old?age pensions in 1908, the Trade Boards Act of 1909, and the National Insurance Act of 1911, to the collectivist agenda of the 20th cent.

There were two general elections in 1910, both bound up with the problem of the House of Lords. The Liberals, now led by Asquith, lost their overall majority and their continuance in office depended on the recently founded Labour Party and on the Irish nationalists. The next few years were a period of bitter political conflict over Irish Home Rule and a dangerous division between the two main parties was averted only by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. A coalition government under Asquith was formed in 1915; dissatisfaction with Asquith's leadership led to the formation of a new coalition with Asquith's rival, Lloyd George, as premier. Asquith, still party leader, went into opposition, with the Conservatives and a section of the Liberals following Lloyd George. At the general election at the end of the war in 1918, Lloyd George and his Liberals allied with the Conservatives against Asquith's independent Liberals and Labour. The result was a triumph for Lloyd George and a disaster for the Liberals. Even the two wings added together could muster only 170 MPs. ..."

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Daryl Said:

Essay structure help for AS History?

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Vivian Said:

Why did the Liberal Government introduce reforms?

We Answered:

Working time regulation, national insurance and the Parliament Act (ending the right of the unelected House of Lords to block the will of the elected House of Commons) were among the reform of Henry Campbell Bannerman's (and later H.H Asquith's) Liberal government.

The Liberals held a huge Commons majority, thanks in part to the Labour Party, which was in its infancy and unable to field candidates in every seat. The two parties formed the first Lib-Lab pact, not standing against each other at the general election, in a bid to unseat sitting Tories.

Some of the policies would have been Labour's policies, the price of the pact being they must be implemented.