Budget Protest League Budget Protest League The Budget Protest League was a British pressure group formed in June 1909 and led by Walter Long to oppose David Lloyd George's "People's Budget" outside of Parliament. The League attacked the Budget's Finance (1909-10) Act 1910 as Socialist because of its income tax rises, increased death duties, and a land value tax in order to redistribute this to old age pensions. It was not linked to tariff reform. It produced posters outlining its opposition to Lloyd George and the Budget. In a letter to "The Times" announcing the formation of the Budget Protest League, Long said:
E. S. Lloyd E. S. Lloyd Ernest Sampson Lloyd (26 May 1870 – 7 August 1945) was an Indian civil servant who served as the President of Madras Corporation from 1906 to 1910. Lloyd's Road in Chennai, India is named after him. Born in England, Lloyd was born in Wednesbury on 26 May 1870 and educated at Clifton College and Lincoln College, Oxford. He passed the Indian civil service examinations of 1893 and was appointed to the Madras cadre. Lloyd married Mary Young at Droitwich on 8 June 1899 and had three sons - William Anthony Sampson Lloyd, Philip Montague Lloyd and Charles