Tag: history

Under the 1908 Act, the standard rate for a single person's pension was set at 5 shillings per week.

While a single person received 5 shillings, a married couple living together was entitled to a combined pension of 7 shillings and sixpence per week.

David Lloyd George, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, was the primary architect and driving force behind the introduction of old age pensions in the 1908 budget.

In the British parliamentary system, the individual elected to represent a specific constituency in the House of Commons is known as a Member of Parliament (MP).

The Chartist movement organized major petitions to Parliament in 1839, 1842, and finally in 1848, which was the year of widespread European revolutions.

The Representation of the People Act, commonly known as the Great Reform Act, was passed by the British Parliament in 1832 to expand the franchise.

The WSPU was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst in 1903, restricted membership to women, and its members were famously dubbed the Suffragettes by the Daily Mail.

Royal assent to the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 was given and the Metropolitan Police Service was established on September 29, 1829 in London as the first modern and professional police force in the world. Hence, Option A is correct. In 1839, the world's first commercial electric telegraph line came into operation. 1849 marks the advent of Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood in art, in 1859, a solar flare is observed for the first time, hence, these options are incorrect.

Prior to the Great Reform Act of 1832, the electoral system was highly restrictive, and it is estimated that only about 3 percent of the total population in Britain had the right to vote.