Lloyd George's Last Vote

David Lloyd George cast his last vote in the House of Commons on 18 February 1943. It was against the government, and for the Beveridge Plan. It was a fitting end to his long Parliamentary career. Lloyd George's National Insurance Act 1911, along with a raft of other Liberal welfare reforms, had laid the foundations of the welfare state, providing protection from sickness, disability, and unemployment. Beveridge, who was to be elected as a Liberal MP in 1944, proposed extending and universalising the existing schemes. The Daily Telegraph described it as completing the revolution begun by Lloyd George.