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How radically was Welfare Provision tackled between 1906 - 1914?
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How radically was Welfare Provision tackled between 1906 - 1914? The years leading up to 1906 had seen the demise of the Conservative Party and the rise of the Liberals. In 1906, the Liberals won a landslide victory in the elections and Henry Campbell-Bannerman became Prime Minister. Recent times had also seen a change in the Liberal Party's thinking, from the old Gladstonian ideals of laissez-faire, self-help and retrenchment, to the New Liberalism ideals of interventionism, helping those who couldn't help themselves. This resulted in a series of social reforms being implemented in the years from 1906 to 1914, designed to improve the lives of the less fortunate in Britain. For children in Britain, much was done to provide for them. The 1906 Education Act allowed LEA's to provide free school meals for everyone, while in 1907 LEA's were forced to provide free medical inspection for all pupils. This meant that the...
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