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results of Booth's survey.

Charles Booth did his survey in 1889 in Eastern London. 51people  were able-bodied altogether 634 people  took part in the survey. 36 people who took part were poor due to an accident. 28% of people taking part were poor due to being sick and unable to work. Old age was the main reason for poverty . The second biggest was sickness with 28% and the third biggest, drink with 13%. .To reduce poverty the best way would be to introduce old age pensions,raise taxes on drink so it becomes more expensive and finally set up sick pay (national insurance)

Seebohm Rowntree was born in 1871.Rowntree stuided povety in york he was inspired by his father Joseph Rowntree and Charles Booth.He published Poverty a study of town life in 1901.It showed that the situation was just as bad even in medium-sized provincial city.like york.His findings were similar to those of Booth,he too found that 30 per cent of the population living in poverty.with an income of around £1 a week or less.Above all the studies showed that the existing poor law was totally inadequate for dealing with poverty.After Booth and Rowntree's sudies were published it brought awareness to the goverment about the poverty.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Seebohm_Rowntree

Charles Booth was born in 1840.He was a english philanthropist and social researcher.He was most famous for his work on documenting working class life in london.Also he published a series of volumes which were called,life and labour of the people in london.With the evidence he gatherd from house enquires and ,and school records,census returns,and interviews with doctors and clergy who worked in these areas.He described in great detail what it was like to be poor.He discoverd that a £1 a week or less was an income for a family of 5 and caclulated that around 30per cent of the population of these areas lived below this povety line.he demonstrated the link between povety and a high death rate.He worked out the main causes of povety were sickness ,old age,unemployment,large families,low wages.Above all he demonstrated that the great majority of the poor were not responsible for their own povety,and they were forced into by factors out of ther control.

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David Lloyd George was born in manchester in 1863. He later moved to wales with his mum as a young boy.He was a life long welsh nationalist.and in 1890 he was elected liberial member of parliment for caenarvon,he remained their until 1945.He quickly became known for his long speaches and was called the voice of the people by his fans.In 1905 he was appoinated board of trade in 1908 he was named chancellor of the exchequer.then in 1909 his budget what was known as the peoples budget.since it provided for social insurance,what was supported by land and income taxes.the budget was rejected by the house of lords.But he refused to back down against the house of lords and spoke up.which ended up losing the house of lords power in 1911.he was also behind the national insurance scheme what was designed to help the unemployed and health care and pensions's .  

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lloyd_George

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRgeorge.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/george_david_lloyd.shtml

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/david_lloyd_george.htm

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born in 1874.He was a british politican he was best known for being prime minister twice  of the united kingdom from 1940-1945 and agian from 1951-1955.in 1900 he was elected concservative MP for Oldham but then in 1904 he left and joined the liberial party.which he belived  better supported his views on free trade.from 1906-1908 he was liberial MP for manchester.When the liberials won the election in 1905 ,churchill was appointed undersecretary at the Colonial Office.he mainly delt with south Africa after the boer war.while in his post he carried through social legislation including establishment of employment exchanges. he was also famous for setting up the unemployment insurance in 1911 which was designed to help those who couldn't work. Following the 1910 general election churchill became home secretary.He introduce sevral reforms to the prision system,including the provision of lecturers and concerts for prisoners. And the setting up of special after-care for the prisioners to help them when they left prision.Churchill was a big beliver in millitary spending and belived the millitary should be as strong as possible.In 1912 he helped set up the royal naval air service.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/churchill_winston.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill