People's Budget of 1909

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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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
People's Budget	1
People’s Budget 1909	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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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Liberal Government (1905–1915) → legislated → People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ

this entity surface form: People’s Budget 1909

Edwardian era → majorEvent → People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ

David Lloyd George → notableWork → People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ

this entity surface form: People's Budget