The Land was the report of the Land Enquiry Committee set up by

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. It argued that

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would be reduced by increasing the number of small landownings which farmers had. The report investigated land ownership and use, and the condition of workers' housing in Great Britain and made recommendations for its improvement. The committee was chaired by A. H. D. Acland, and included sitting

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MPs and the poverty campaigner

B. Seebohm Rowntree Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, CH (7 July 1871 – 7 October 1954) was an English sociological researcher, social reformer and industrialist. He is known in particular for his three York studies of poverty conducted in 1899, 1935, and 1951. The ...

. The first volume, on the rural situation, was published in 1913; followed by the urban volume in 1914. The publications were made while the Land Valuation Survey that was incorporated in the "

People's Budget The 1909/1910 People's Budget was a proposal of the Liberal government that introduced unprecedented taxes on the lands and incomes of Britain's wealthy to fund new social welfare programmes. It passed the House of Commons in 1909 but was bloc ...

" (Finance (1909-1910) Act was taking place.

References

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