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<p>The government is focused on tackling the root causes of poverty, such as education
and worklessness, to improve the lives of people in our country.</p><p> </p><p>Since
2010 the number of people in poverty has fallen – there are 1,000,000 fewer people,
including 300,000 fewer children, in absolute poverty (before housing costs), both
record lows. Helping people off welfare and into work, helps the economy grow, means
we can spend more on other priorities like the NHS and infrastructure and gives more
people the opportunity to get on in life. Since 2010 there are 3.3m more people in
work and the unemployment rate is at its lowest since 1975.</p><p>HM Treasury does
not analyse the aggregate impact of the level of poverty on public services and government
revenue.</p>
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