二十世纪初,在英国自由党的支持和推动下,英国政府进行了一系列以社会福利为基本内容的社会改革。通过这次改革所确立的养老金法案、国民保险法法案和一系列的其它立法,调节了当时历史条件下的英国各社会阶层之间的关系,使从工业革命以来便已出现的并且日益严重的社会贫困现象得到了较大程度的缓解,奠定了英国现代福利国家的基础,从而对二十世纪英国社会的发展产生了深远影响。同时,这次改革也暴露出很多问题,产生了一定的负面效应。 At the beginning of the twentieth century, with the support and impetus of the British Liberal Party, the British government conducted a series of social reforms that took social welfare as the basic content. The pension bill, the National Insurance Act and a series of other legislation established through this reform have adjusted the relations between the social classes in Britain under the historical conditions at that time so that what has emerged since the Industrial Revolution and became increasingly serious The phenomenon of social poverty has been alleviated to a large extent, laying the foundation for the modern welfare state in Britain and thus exerting a profound influence on the development of British society in the 20th century. At the same time, this reform has also exposed many problems and has had some negative effects.