David Lloyd George’s childhood cottage is to be “decolonised” with the help of funding from the Welsh Government.

       The Liberal prime minister’s modest former home in rural Wales has been converted into a museum, which has been swept into plans to make his homeland “anti-racist”.

       The museum in Llanystumdwy honouring Britain’s First World War leader has worked with a “decolonisation consultant” to change its approach to history, and LGBT displays could be included in future.

       The decolonising consultancy service was paid for by Labour government grants set aside for museums to conduct work which will “set the right historic narrative” and “promote a multicultural, vibrant and diverse Wales”.

       Staff with Gwynedd Council Museums, which operates the Lloyd George site, have also undergone “anti-racist” training funded by the Welsh Government as part of the same programme to alter how history is presented.

       Work will look to update and modernise displays inside the museum, which is formed of two sites: a main gallery building, and the cottage where Lloyd George, born in 1863, lived in as a child. He died in his home village in 1945.

       There is no finalised plan for new displays on Lloyd George, who has been criticised in recent decades for his colonial policies, but advisers working on the project advocate for more black and minority ethnic stories to be told.

       It is understood that consultancy was provided by the project Re:Collections, run by the Association of Independent Museums, which the Welsh Government has awarded grant funding.

       Re:Collections advises museums to ensure that “BAME perspectives and experiences are treated as a natural part of the histories that museums document and explore”.

       It also advises museums to ensure “collections, activities and exhibitions present a greater diversity of BAME perspectives, histories and experiences”.

       The museums service for the Plaid Cymru-run council has indicated that “if we come across any LGBT histories connected to the story we tell”, that they would also be included in future displays.

       Pillars of future welfare state

       Lloyd George was a progressive politician, and as Chancellor introduced pillars of the future welfare state, including state pensions in 1909.

       He became prime minister in 1916 during a low-point in the First World War following the bloody Battle of the Somme.

       Following Britain’s victory in 1918, he set out a series of reforms, granting women the vote for the first time, established the first ministry dedicated to public health, and rolled out unemployment payments for most workers.

       As prime minister when the British Empire was at its largest, Lloyd George was also involved in colonial ventures, and his government put down the Iraqi Revolt of 1920 in a campaign which made use of aerial bombing.

       This led several Left-wing figures, including playwright Harold Pinter, to protest against a statue of Lloyd George being erected in Parliament Square in 2007. Pinter branded the monument a “disgrace”.

       At the unveiling, the then Prince Charles said Lloyd George was “one of the greatest social reformers and war leaders of the 20th century”.

       The work to look again at the history presented at the former prime minister’s home is part of a broad programme by the Welsh Government to ensure libraries, galleries, museums and public artworks are “anti-racist” and project a “correct” historical narrative.

       An anti-racist Wales culture, heritage and sport fund has been set up to support this work, and organisations will be able to claim between ￡3,000 and ￡15,000 in grant funding per anti-racist project.

       Andrew RT Davies MS, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “As NHS waiting lists hit seven consecutive record-breaking months, this utter nonsense of meddling with our history continues to be Labour’s focus.

       “Labour’s anti-racist Wales action plan has become a distraction from the people’s priorities.”

       Gwynedd council has been contacted for comment.

       A Welsh Government spokesperson said: “Our anti-racist Wales action plan is built on the values of anti-racism and calls for zero tolerance of all racial inequality.

       “We funded the AIM Re:Collections programme which helps museums deliver the goals of our anti-racist Wales action plan. The action plan emphasises the importance of representing and reflecting the history and culture of black, Asian and minority ethnic people to ensure that their contribution to Wales is recognised.”