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
Sir Eldon Gorst → appointedBy → Liberal government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
The Diary of Frances Stevenson → historicalContext → British Liberal government ⓘ
linked to: Liberal government of the United Kingdom
Lloyd George Museum and Highgate → relatedTo → Liberal government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
1912 United Kingdom coal strike → opponent → Liberal government of the United Kingdom ⓘ