Lloyd George’s National Insurance Act (1911) — sick pay was 10 shillings a week for 26 weeks The poster was published in 1911 to get people to support the Liberal Government by telling them that the new National Insurance scheme against sickness and disablement had given them hope for the future The poster was published in 1911 because this is when the National Insurance Act was passed. The Liberal Government wanted support because it wasn’t a very popular measure

Doctors opposed as vested interest i.e. lost business/profit Lloyd George is milking the tax payer, who are not the rich but working class, to fund social reform Doctors opposed as vested interest i.e. lost business/profit The poster was published in 1914 and is called “Income Tax Payer”. It is talking about the 1911 Insurance Act Healthy and employed workers were made to fund the needs of the sick and unemployed (the cow) Not popular – milking them dry All wage-earners between sixteen and seventy had to join the health scheme. Each worker paid 4d. a week and the employer added 3d. and the state 2d. In return for these payments, free medical attention, including medicine was given. Those workers who contributed were also guaranteed 7s. a week for fifteen weeks in any one year, when they were unemployed. These benefits were paid at Labour Exchanges which provided unemployed workers with information on any vacancies which existed in the area. Money collected from Labour Exchange centres

After the Budget of 1909 David Lloyd George did not rest and in 1911 he brought his National Insurance Bill before the House It was a measure intended to establish compulsory health and unemployment insurance schemes It attracted much opposition from those with vested interests, from some on the left, and especially from the right One aspect of the protest was an anti-stamp licking campaign which reached its climax with a Mistresses and Maids rally at the Albert Hall. After shouting "We won't pay!" and "Taffy is a Welshman, Taffy is a thief!", the rally culminated in a speech by Lady Desart where she attacked Lloyd George violently and finished with her rallying cry, "England ... never did nor never shall lie at the proud foot of a conqueror." The measure was passed and became law and was implemented in the following years Licking stamps is slang for - To pay lots of taxes and bills Stamps need to be licked well in order to stick Suggests = needs a lot of money to stick around

Healthy and employed workers were made to fund the needs of the sick and unemployed Not popular Swine are pigs They typically live in filth or do well from filth and are greedy/lazy Not compulsory – only 10% ratepayers had to support the setting up of a local Board of Health and a Medical Officer A cartoon published in 1848 about the reaction of ratepayers and local councils to the 1848 Act. It shows the government minister, Lord Morpeth, in the middle, and the Alderman of local councils who are shown as swine Suggests national government are trying but local councils and ratepayers are not

Lloyd George had the task of finding the money to fund the Old Age Pensions Act introduced in the Budget of 1909 David Lloyd George was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Liberal Government of 1908-15 John Bull, depicted as a camel, is reluctant to carry the new tax burdens imposed by Lloyd George in 'The People's Budget' John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom in general and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works

Not EVERYONE paid tax yet – just the wealthy until 1911 Poster for the British Conservative Party from the 1910 General Elections Suggests the Liberal Reforms are not free but actually costing people a lot of money Anti-Lloyd George, Liberals and Liberal Reforms at time when Conservatives are after rich, middle and working votes Not EVERYONE paid tax yet – just the wealthy until 1911 These items were mostly consumed by the rich/better off Lloyd George's 1909 budget taxed all the things on the table to fund socialism i.e. Liberal Reforms – helping the poor. He put it on everything