Liberal government of the United Kingdom

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The Liberal government of the United Kingdom was the early 20th-century administration, led by figures such as H. H. Asquith and David Lloyd George, that implemented major social welfare and constitutional reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government
government
coalitionWith Conservative Party (during Lloyd George coalition)
Labour Party (in some wartime and postwar arrangements)
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
conflict First World War
linked to: World War I
country United Kingdom
endTime 1922
followedBy Conservative government of Bonar Law
headOfGovernment David Lloyd George
H. H. Asquith
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
house House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
ideology liberalism
social liberalism
implementedPolicy New Liberalism
implementedReform Children Act 1908
Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912
Education (Administrative Provisions) Act 1907
Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906
Labour Exchanges Act 1909
National Insurance Act 1911
Old Age Pensions Act 1908
Parliament Act 1911
Parliament Act 1911 limitation of House of Lords veto
People's Budget
Reform of the Poor Law system (partial)
Representation of the People Act 1918
Trade Boards Act 1909
constitutional reforms
social welfare reforms
keyFigure Augustine Birrell
Herbert Samuel
Lord Loreburn
Reginald McKenna
Winston Churchill
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
monarch Edward VII
George V
notableFor creation of the foundations of the British welfare state
expansion of the franchise
introduction of national insurance
introduction of state pensions
limiting the powers of the House of Lords
partOf Edwardian era politics
linked to: Edwardian era

First World War home front in the United Kingdom
politicalParty Liberal Party (UK)
precededBy Conservative government of Arthur Balfour
linked to: Balfour ministry
startTime 1905

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National Insurance Act 1913 government Liberal government of the United Kingdom
Cabinet of H. H. Asquith apexInstitution British Liberal administration
linked to: Liberal government of the United Kingdom