Debates on Reform and Retrenchment Under Gladstone
The piece critiques the Disraeli government as wasteful and urges retrenchment. It argues future finance must reveal past extravagance, cites a looming deficit, and calls for tightening public expenditure. Proposes ministries reduce costs, with War Office and Admiralty savings noted and a push to curtail new bureaus before policy overhauls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disraeli
Gladstone
House of Commons
Phete
Ason
Gonterset
Horse, Guards
Admiralty
Childers
War ‘Office
Inland Revenue’ Arment
Stansfeld
Treasury Department
Ardwell
Canada
West India Islands
Eer
Dre
Babetal
Spectator
Liberal Party
Poor Law Board
Lowe
What Are the Unemployed to Do in England and Wales
A mid Victorian analysis argues unemployment is a rising crisis with over a million in parochial relief. It critiques public works as mere palliatives, advocates emigration to colonies, and cites Lancashire distress, trade downturns, and calls for targeted reforms in Poor Law administration while highlighting the potential of colonial labor markets.
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England
Wales
Lancashire
Preston
Blackburn
Poplar
Bethnal-green
R. A. Arnold
France
Spain
Arnold
Stallard
Hawkesley
Canada
Australia
Millwall
London
Victoria
Tasmania