People's Budget of 1909

E62002
budget fiscal reform taxation measure

The People's Budget of 1909 was a landmark British fiscal reform proposed by David Lloyd George that introduced unprecedented taxes on the wealthy to fund social welfare programs, triggering a constitutional crisis with the House of Lords.

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Label Occurrences
People's Budget 2
People's Budget constitutional crisis 1
People's Budget of 1909 canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf budget ⓘ
fiscal reform ⓘ
taxation measure ⓘ
aimedTo finance old-age pensions ⓘ
finance social insurance ⓘ
fund social welfare programs ⓘ
redistribute wealth ⓘ
reduce poverty ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
conflictType budgetary conflict ⓘ
class-based political conflict ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
government Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ
surface form: Liberal government
hasEffect expansion of social spending ⓘ
increased role of the state in social policy ⓘ
increased tax burden on high-income earners ⓘ
historicalSignificance first British budget to explicitly redistribute wealth through taxation ⓘ
key episode in British constitutional history ⓘ
milestone in development of the British welfare state ⓘ
ideology New Liberalism ⓘ
influenced limitation of House of Lords veto power ⓘ
introducedBy David Lloyd George ⓘ
legislativeOutcome strengthening of House of Commons supremacy ⓘ
locationOfDebate House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords ⓘ
opposedBy Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Conservative Party

House of Lords ⓘ
partOf Liberal welfare reforms ⓘ
pointInTime 1909 ⓘ
policyArea public finance ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
positionHeldByProposer Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
primeMinisterAtTime Herbert Henry Asquith ⓘ
surface form: H. H. Asquith
relatedEvent December 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
January 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
relatedTo Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 ⓘ
surface form: Parliament Act 1911
supportedBy Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Labour Party

Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Liberal Party
taxTarget large landowners ⓘ
unearned income ⓘ
wealthy individuals ⓘ
taxTypeIntroduced higher death duties ⓘ
increased income tax on the wealthy ⓘ
land value tax ⓘ
super-tax on high incomes ⓘ
triggered conflict between House of Commons and House of Lords ⓘ
constitutional crisis ⓘ

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Subject: People's Budget of 1909
Description of subject: The People's Budget of 1909 was a landmark British fiscal reform proposed by David Lloyd George that introduced unprecedented taxes on the wealthy to fund social welfare programs, triggering a constitutional crisis with the House of Lords.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edwardian era → majorEvent → People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ
David Lloyd George → notableWork → People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Budget
Liberal Government (1905–1915) → legislated → People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Budget 1909
January 1910 United Kingdom general election → triggeredBy → People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Budget constitutional crisis
January 1910 United Kingdom general election → mainIssue → People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Budget
Liberal government of the United Kingdom → implementedReform → People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Budget