London winds down famine relief
1847 · Event
With the Treasury's Charles Trevelyan pronouncing the famine 'the judgement of God' and an over-mighty state the greater evil, the soup kitchens close and the cost of relief is thrown onto Irish property rates that cannot bear it. The doctrine of laissez-faire, applied to a starving country, becomes the famine's most bitterly remembered policy.
On these timelines: The Irish Famine, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (combined), Master, Economic History
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