Edexcel A Level History - Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain c.1780-1939 - Depth 4

Covers entirety of Depth 4: Social and welfare reforms: pressure and action, 1880–1914

Pressures for reform: the work of Booth, Seebohm
Rowntree and the Fabian Society; the impact of Boer war
recruitment statistics; the work of the Government InterDepartmental Committee; the debate over national
efficiency.
● The significance of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws,
1905–09 and of the majority and minority reports; the
establishment of principles for welfare reform.
● The impact of the Liberal government’s reforms: old age
pensions and National Insurance; the Trade Boards Act
1909 and the Labour Exchanges Act 1909.