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Early 20th Century Liberal reforms 1906 - 1914 After a General Election victory in 1906, the Liberals began a series of ambitious social reforms such as medical examinations for school children, free meals for the poorest students and a programme for slum clearance. Other reforms involved the setting up of Labour exchanges and the introduction of a basic old age pension scheme. Additionally, they reversed the 1901 Taff Vale judgement, which had made trade unions liable for employer's losses during strikes. The House of Lords (which did not have a Liberal majority) on several occasions refused to pass pieces of the government's social and spending legislation. Conflict between the Commons and the Lords escalated and came to a head in 1909 with the Lord's rejection of the so-called 'People's Budget' (which attempted to fund - by higher redistributive taxation - the government's social reform programme and a substantially increased military budget). A period of...

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