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<p>This Government is committed to collective action that tackles the root causes
of poverty and disadvantage through a range of policies, such as Universal Credit,
the National Living Wage, tax changes, and up to 30 hours of free childcare a week
to incentivise employment as the best opportunity for families to get out of poverty
and become self-reliant.</p><p> </p><p>In <em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>,
we set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s long-term outcomes.
This includes nine national indicators to track progress across a number of departments
in tackling the disadvantages that can affect families and their children. The Government
has a statutory duty to report annually against two of these indicators - parental
employment, and children’s educational attainment. The relevant departments and agencies
- Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Public Health England,
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, HM Treasury and Department
for Work and Pensions – all aim to publish data on the other, non-statutory indicators
by the end of March.</p>
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