The Land was the report of the Land Enquiry Committee set up by

David Lloyd George David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. A Liberal Party (United Kingdom), Liberal Party politician from Wales, he was known for leadi ...

. It argued that

poverty Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a basic standard of living. Poverty can have diverse Biophysical environmen ...

would be reduced by increasing the number of small landownings which farmers had. The report investigated land ownership and use, and the condition of workers' housing in Great Britain and made recommendations for its improvement. The committee was chaired by A. H. D. Acland, and included sitting Liberal MPs and the poverty campaigner B. Seebohm Rowntree. The first volume, on the rural situation, was published in 1913; followed by the urban volume in 1914. The publications were made while the Land Valuation Survey that was incorporated in the "

People's Budget The 1909/1910 People's Budget was a proposal of the Liberal government that introduced unprecedented taxes on the lands and incomes of Britain's wealthy to fund new social welfare programmes, such as non-contributary old age pensions under Ol ...

" (Finance (1909-1910) Act was taking place.

References

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