Higher History

What are the reasons on why the labour reforms were introduced?


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That's not one of the issues. If you mean liberal reforms, then I have:
1) Investigations into poverty (Booth and Rowntree, 30% poverty level, showed it was a nationwide concern and required government intervention)
2) Changes in the Liberal Party (Old Liberals - laissez faire ideology, New Liberals - government intervention was required in some cases)
3) Rise of the Labour Party - Lib/Lab seen as trying to outdo each other to gain working class votes.
4) Concerns about National Security (example of the Boer War showing malnutrition amongst soldiers, worries that Britain would not win in war against a stronger enemy)
5) National Efficiency - the UK were falling behind countries such as Germany and the US as we relied heavily on old industries (coal, shipbuilding)
6) Reform in other countries - Germany already had a system of welfare benefits and pensions.

If the Labour reforms come up, im doing democracy >.< I don't remember ever doing them, and they aren't in my jotter :O :P Aww well.

Anyway, my plan over the last few weeks is just to cement 6 points of Ku into my head for each section i wanna do, then learn structure. Afterall, the exam is marked,

Idk if that's the proper name for them all, but shh
6 - ku
4 - structure
10 - evaluation and analysis

so basically, you can bull your way to victory ^..^

And if anyone is doing Russia, im studying the hell out of the incompitence of Nicholas II and the pilars of autocracy to keep controll :P

Incompetence.
Pillars.
Ah. I saw it was your first post. I feel like a terrible person now.