background

• Between 1906 and 1914 the Liberal government introduced a series of Welfare reforms designed to help the needs of the British people.
• There were many motives for introducing these reforms such as the Social Surveys of Booth and Rowntree which shocked the nation and showed 1/3rd of Brits were living in poverty.
• The Liberal reforms were designed to help those who needed it the most in the country as opposed to establishing a comprehensive welfare state, and they were a ‘first step’ in providing government assistance to British people