# People's Budget (1909)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1909-people-s-budget
Categories: main-event

Lloyd George proposed higher taxes on land and wealthy incomes to fund social programmes and naval spending. Within the broader Early 20Th Century & World Wars period, mass democracy, the two world wars, Irish partition, economic crisis and the rise of Labour remade the political and social order. This event is placed at 1909 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The Lords' rejection of the budget triggered a major constitutional confrontation.

## Why it matters
The Lords' rejection of the budget triggered a major constitutional confrontation.

Ruler at the time: [Edward VII](https://english-history.com/rulers/edward-vii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — People's Budget](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=People%27s+Budget&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — People's Budget](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=People%27s+Budget)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — twentieth-century resources](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/)