In this essay I will show to what extent the Liberal Government of 1906 to 1914 set up a welfare state in Britain, why they were so concerned with the health of the nation, what reforms they introduced in order to improve the nation’s health and why this was a period of major reform in Britain. A welfare state is a state with social services controlled or financed by the Government. These service aim to protect …showed first 75 words of 2180 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2180 total…stepping stones towards a true welfare state. By establishing the principle of Government duty to intervene, but the Government only laid the foundations for a welfare state; they did not set it up. References (1) The Concise Dictionary of quotations Bibliography (1) D Fraser, The Evolution of the British Welfare State. (2) J R Hay, The Origins of the Liberal Welfare Reforms. (3) GR Searle, The Liberal Party: Triumph and Disintegration. (4) P Thane, The Origins of British Social Policy.