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Describe one achievement of the Liberal Government’s aim in reducing the burden of poverty between 1906 and 1914.
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Beth Moorcroft Describe one achievement of the Liberal Government's aim in reducing the burden of poverty between 1906 and 1914. Leading up to 1906, the levels of poverty were incredibly high in Britain. It was revealed that the majority of the country was in poverty, and spent most of their life 'beneath the poverty line'. Social researchers, such as Booth and Rowntree, investigated the impact of poverty on Britain's economy and the population itself. The results compiled were shocking, and new to the people of Britain. Previously, it was believed that poverty was 'one's own fault' and the government should not be troubled with such problems. State intervention was unheard of and against Classical Liberal ideology, which was the common political view at this time. However, by the year 1906, the Liberal Government was going through major changes in their ideology, and new directions in the party's priorities were starting to...
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