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Why were the liberal reforms formed?
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To improve living and working conditions in Britain.
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what main 4 groups did the liberal reforms aim to help?
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-Children
-The sick -The unemployed -Old age |
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How effective were the liberal reforms?
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I think that they were effective as they helped some people but did not meet there aim as not everyone could claim the new acts in the liberal reforms.
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FREE SCHOOL MEALS-1914 150,000 children had one good meal a day.
PENSIONS- kept old people out of the work house. LABOUR EXCHANGES-1914 1million people were being employed through labour exchange. FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT- saved lives. |
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FREE SCHOOL MEALS-not compulsory not every council provided free school meals.
PENSIONS- people who had not worked in there life couldn't claim. LABOUR EXCHANGE- many of these jobs were only part time and the goverment did not do anything to increase the no. of job vaciances. FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT- only for the person earning the wage not aviable to wife's or children. |
