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what were the liberal reforms?

Definition

- Between 1906 and 1914, the state accepted greater responsibility for protecting people from poverty, illness, unemployment, and old age. - Liberal governments introduced a programme of welfare reforms between 1906 and 1914 - they aimed to improve the lives some of societies most vulnerable groups, e.g. young, old, poor, sick, unemployed

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before liberal reforms?

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- government followed a laisses-faire approach of limited intervention - believed that poverty was a persons fault and their own responsibility

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5 reasons for liberal reforms

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- the social investigations of Booth and Rowntree - New liberalism - municipal socialism - the rise of the labour party - national security/efficiency