Talk:Liberal welfare reforms

Preconceived welfare programme?
The article currently states that;

"the Liberal reforms were not a preconceived welfare programme; it was more a response to political change"

However, the following speech made by the Master of Elibank in 1911 disagrees with this;

...all these measures of social reform are not to be regarded simply as so many scattered attempts to cure this or that evil. They are to be taken as developing together a deliberate, strenuous attack all along the line on our social and industrial ills ... The Social Reform policy of the Government is a consistent policy, carefully planned and prepared for, and persistently and consistently carried through. (The Master of Elibank, speech in Edinburgh, 18.11.1911 (The Liberal Magazine, vol. 19 (1911), 700)).

Even if this may be seen as a defense of Liberal policy by one of their own MPs, it is surely worth considering the argument that the Liberals, especially considering New Liberalism, did intend and preconceive a welfare programme.

Posted 17-10-07. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shiv17 (talk • contribs) 13:15, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Shillings
I can´t understand this: «nine shillings (45 pence)»; nor this: «were given seven shillings (35 pence)». One shilling = five pence!? Sorry,now it's understood. I didn't knew about your decimal penny. Suggestion, write:(45 decimal pence) or (45 new pence)or(45 current pence). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.157.91.61 (talk) 19:35, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

The pence figures refer to modern day estimates of what the old money (the shillings) would have been worth. Its not that difficult to understand is it?Francium12 (talk) 03:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

1906 Manifesto Claims
The article states that "During the 1906 General Election campaign none of the parties made poverty an election issue and no promises were made to introduce welfare reforms."

Yet, in the Labour Manifesto of the at election "Protection, as experience shows, is no remedy for poverty and unemployment. It serves to keep you from dealing with the land, housing, old age, and other social problems! " and "The aged poor are neglected. The slums remain; overcrowding continues, whilst the land goes to waste."

The Labour manifesto four years later also claimed that they had made welfare pledges and fulfilled them. Is there evidence this is not the case? Jarry1250 (talk) 10:24, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I've reworded it. I meant that neither the Liberals/Torys made poverty a major election issue. The Labour Party at this time was still at an embyronic stage in its formation Francium12 (talk) 18:18, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Who is "they" in the third sentence of the lead paragraph?
The third sentence of the lead paragraph reads "They shifted their outlook from a laissez-faire system to a more collectivist approach." Who does "they" refer to in this sentence? The entire UK? The Liberal Party? The government of the UK? Probably no one specific, because this is a vague generalization that doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. But surely, even those who think the sentence does belong can see the value in disambiguating it. I'll pass, since I'm not sure what the sentence even means.74.176.54.177 (talk) 15:36, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

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