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New liberalism, new language? The use of collectivist concepts in the budget speeches of 1893–95 and 1906–14

Noel Thompson

Cogent Arts and Humanities, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 1 - 22

Swansea University Author: Noel Thompson

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/23311983.2015.1071689

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The article considers the Budget Speeches of Asquith and Lloyd George during the period of the Liberal social reforms of 1906–14. It examines how these Budget speeches conceptualised the debate surrounding these reforms and discusses the extent to which this conceptualisation can be seen as reflecti...

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