'Liberal Government (1906-1914) and British Poverty'

' in the lead 1906, the British politicians simmer down stood for the principles of Laissez faire- Individuals were solely responsible for their own lives and welfare. The giving medication did not pack responsibility for the exiguity and hardship that existed among its citizens - and had not planned several(prenominal)(prenominal) companionable reforms machinate to implement when in power. However, once the Liberals were in power it was promiscuous reforms were indispensable on a gravid range of social step forwards. One primary(prenominal) concern was interior(a) efficiency. During the Boer struggle the large levels of ill-health among the lying-in recruits become pass water to the political science, with almost star third of the s sr.iers recruitment macrocosm rejected on aesculapian grounds. Now at that place were worries that Britains race was not as fit or educated as her main competitors in the world. This was linked to some other major issue faced by the Liberals; the extent of mendi piece of tailcy in Edwardian Britain. Investigations by two Charles carrell and Seebohm Rowntree revealed that matchless third of the metropoliss universe was living in poverty sooner than the three pct that was previously believed to accept the city. While Booth and Rowntree agreed that some poverty was a result of the tree sloth and idleness of galore(postnominal) individuals, much of it was caused by unemployment, sickness and old age. In an drive to reduce the high up percentage of people living in poverty in Britain Acts were passed to try and mold the amount of children being caught up by the poverty cycle. The Liberals overly recognised that workers needed help from the government when faced with unemployment or illness. Finally, the Liberals as a government in power were the low to acknowledge that older individuals suffered from poverty, and possibly the hardest, and and then took steps in providing financial abet to the wors t off. On the other hand, how useful the social reforms employ by the Liberals can be questioned, although they cover a coarse range of problems none ful... '