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Campbell-Bannerman ministry

Campbell-Bannerman ministry
1905–1908
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Date formed 5 December 1905 (1905-12-05)
Date dissolved 5 April 1908 (1908-04-05)
People and organisations
Head of state Edward VII
Head of government Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Member party Liberal Party
Status in legislature Majority
Opposition party Conservative Party
Opposition leaders
History
Election(s) 1906 general election
Legislature term(s)
Predecessor Balfour ministry
Successor First Asquith ministry
Asquith ministries
  • 1908–1910
  • 1910–1915
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Asquith (1908)
Date formed
  • First: 5 April 1908 (1908-04-05)
  • Second: 11 February 1910 (1910-02-11)
Date dissolved
  • First: 11 February 1910 (1910-02-11)
  • Second: 25 May 1915 (1915-05-25)
People and organisations
Head of state
Head of government H. H. Asquith
Head of government's history 1908–1916
Member party Liberal Party
Status in legislature
Opposition party Conservative Party
Opposition leaders
History
Election(s)
Legislature term(s)
Budget(s) People's Budget
Predecessor Campbell-Bannerman ministry
Successor Third Asquith ministry

The Liberal government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1905 and ended in 1915 consisted of three ministries: the Campbell-Bannerman ministry (from 1905 to 1908), the first Asquith ministry (from 1908 to 1910) and then the second Asquith ministry.

With the fall of Arthur Balfour's Conservative government in the United Kingdom in December 1905, the Liberals under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman were called in to form a government. In the subsequent election, the Liberals won an enormous majority. Campbell-Bannerman was succeeded as prime minister by H. H. Asquith in 1908.

The Liberal government was supported by 29 Labour Party MPs. Chancellor David Lloyd George crafted the People's Budget and introduced a great deal of social legislation, such as old age pensions and unemployment insurance for a significant part of the working population. For many working people, for whom in old age the threat of the workhouse was very real, these represented a very significant change. Equally groundbreaking was the Parliament Act 1911 which:

Many of the members of Asquith's cabinet, however, opposed the social measures promulgated by leading figures such as Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George; arguably a reflection of the extent to which many Liberals still adhered to the Party's Gladstonian, classical liberal tradition in spite of the growth of the "New Liberalism". Morley was opposed to both old-age pensions and the provisions of the Trade Boards Act of 1909, while Runciman was against the eight-hour day for miners and compensation for workers. Burns, Bryce, Loreburn, and W.S. Robson were opposed to land reform, insurance, and the feeding of schoolchildren, while several cabinet members (such as Crewe, Fitzmaurice, Harcourt, and McKenna) were critical of Lloyd George's progressive "People's Budget." Nevertheless, according to Neil Smith, the majority of the members of the Edwardian Liberal Cabinets were supportive of social reform and social progress. As noted by one study,


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