Why did the House of Lords reject the 1909 Budget

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Why Did The House of Lords Reject The 1909 Budget?

In his 1909-10 budget, Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer needed to find £15 million of extra revenue to provide for the new social services and for the construction of naval warships. He set out to tax the rich and especially those living on unearned income. His budget proposed:

* Increased incomes tax from one shilling to one shilling and two pence in the pound on incomes over £3,000 a year.

* A new super tax on incomes over £5,000 a year

* Increased death duties on estates of over £5,000 a year

* New land taxes

* Indirect taxes on luxury goods such as motor cars, petrol, beer and tobacco.

Lloyd George needed to increase revenue and he favoured the redistribution of wealth from rich to poor, but probably had other reasons for launching his provocative budget too. He wanted to show working-voters that they need not vote for the new Labour Party in order to get radical measure, and more importantly, he wanted to punish the conservatives for their opposition of the Lords.

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