Liberal Government (1905–1915)

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British government UK administration

The Liberal Government (1905–1915) was a British administration noted for its landmark social welfare and constitutional reforms that laid the foundations of the modern welfare state.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Liberal government (1905–1915)	3
1906 Liberal landslide election	1
Liberal Government (1905–1915) canonical	1
Liberal government	1
Liberal government of William Ewart Gladstone	1
Liberal governments of H. H. Asquith	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government ⓘ UK administration ⓘ
chancellorOfTheExchequer	David Lloyd George ⓘ Herbert Henry Asquith ⓘ surface form: H. H. Asquith
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
curtailedPowerOf	House of Lords ⓘ
endTime	1915 ⓘ
facedIssue	House of Lords veto crisis ⓘ Irish Home Rule movement ⓘ surface form: Irish Home Rule crisis industrial unrest in pre-war Britain ⓘ women’s suffrage agitation ⓘ
followedBy	Coalition Government (1915–1916) ⓘ
foreignSecretary	Sir Edward Grey ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Herbert Henry Asquith ⓘ surface form: H. H. Asquith Henry Campbell-Bannerman ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked transition from laissez-faire to welfare state in Britain ⓘ
homeSecretary	Herbert Gladstone ⓘ Winston Churchill ⓘ
ideology	New Liberalism ⓘ
implementedBy	Cabinet of H. H. Asquith ⓘ Cabinet of Henry Campbell-Bannerman ⓘ
introducedPolicy	free school meals for children ⓘ medical inspections in schools ⓘ national insurance against sickness ⓘ national insurance against unemployment ⓘ old-age pensions for the poor ⓘ
legislated	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 Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ surface form: Parliament Act 1911 Payment of Members Act 1911 ⓘ People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ surface form: People’s Budget 1909 Shop Hours Act 1911 ⓘ Trade Boards Act 1909 ⓘ
monarch	Edward VII ⓘ George V ⓘ
notableFor	constitutional reforms ⓘ foundations of the British welfare state ⓘ social welfare reforms ⓘ
politicalParty	Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
precededBy	Conservative government of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Conservative Government (1902–1905)
reformed	British Army organization ⓘ
startTime	1905 ⓘ
strengthened	House of Commons of Canada ⓘ surface form: House of Commons
warSecretary	Richard Haldane ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Old Age Pensions Act 1908 → introducedBy → Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ

National Insurance Act 1911 → associatedWithGovernment → Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal government (1905–1915)

Edwardian era → majorEvent → Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1906 Liberal landslide election

Fourth Party → opposed → Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal government of William Ewart Gladstone

Reginald McKenna → participatedIn → Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal governments of H. H. Asquith

People's Budget of 1909 → government → Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal government

Third Home Rule Bill → introducedBy → Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal government (1905–1915)

Education (Provision of Meals) Act 1906 → enactedUnderGovernment → Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal government (1905–1915)