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In 1926 Lloyd George succeeded Asquith as Liberal leader.

Since the disastrous election result in 1924 the Liberals were now very much the third party in British politics, but still Lloyd George was able to release money from his fund to finance candidates and ideas for public works to reduce unemployment ( as detailed in pamphlets such as the " Yellow Book " and the " Green Book ").

Lloyd George was also helped by John Maynard Keynes to write We can Conquer Unemployment, setting out Keynesian economic policies to solve unemployment.

However the results at the 1929 general election were disappointing: the Liberals increased their support only to 60 or so seats, while Labour became the largest party for the first time.

Once again, the Liberals ended up supporting a minority Labour government.

In 1929 Lloyd George became Father of the House, the longest-serving member of the Commons.