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To what extent did the Liberal Government (1906-14) set up a Welfare State in Britain? The Liberal Government (1906-14) worked hard at providing Britain with a ‘Welfare State
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To what extent did the Liberal Government (1906-14) set up a Welfare State in Britain? The Liberal Government (1906-14) worked hard at providing Britain with a 'Welfare State'. This meant the provision of comprehensive, equal, universal state services for the prevention of disease, squalor, want, idleness and ignorance. Between 1906-1914 many social reforms were introduced to help provide a Welfare State but to what extent was it actually established? The first of the social reforms by the Liberal Government was the Education (provision of school meals) Act 1906. This act endeavoured to provide school meals for needy children. It was worked on the 'feed the stomach, then the mind' theory i.e. children who were hungry were unable to learn. This act although introduced in 1906 was not actually made compulsory until 1914. This was the first in a number of reforms designed to improve the lives of children, therefore adding to...
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