Liberal Reforms

Liberal Reforms

Children
1. 1906
  1. free school meals
    1. 1914 150,000 children received them
    2. Optional for councils only a few gave them
2. 1908
  1. Children's Charter
    1. Punishment for child crulity
  2. Illegal to sell cigarettes
  3. separate courts and jails
3. 1907
  1. Medical inspections
Old People
1. 1908
  1. Pensions introduced
    1. 5s
    2. 7s 6d per couple
    3. Kept many out of work houses
    4. Not given to people who had never worked
Workers
1. 1911
  1. National insurance act
    1. Free medical treatment
      1. For a payment of 4d a week
      2. Life saver
      3. only for person working not family
    2. Sick pay of 10s a week for 26 weeks
    3. Vital safety net
    4. Not enough to live on
    5. Poor people had to pay it out of their wages
    6. Only lasted limited time
3. 1906
  1. The Trades Disputes Act
    1. Trade Unions not liable for damages caused by strikes
  2. The Workers Compensation Act
    1. Gave compensation if injured at work
4. 1908
  1. eight hour day for miners
5. 1910
  1. half a day off a week for shop miners
Unemployed
1. 1909
  1. Labour exchanges
    1. Help find work
    2. 1914 1 million employed through it
    3. Most part time or temporary
2. 1911
3. Unemployment pay
  1. 7s 6d for 15 weeks
    1. For 2 1/2d a week
Other
1. A Merchant Shipping Act improved conditions for sailors
2. 1911
  1. MPs paid
    1. Allowed working class opportunity

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