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<p>HM Treasury carefully considers the impacts of policy choices on households at
different levels of income. The department publishes distributional analysis of the
impacts of decisions on tax, welfare, and spending on public services at each fiscal
event, and has done so since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The government has set out that it
is committed to tackling the root causes of poverty, including education and worklessness.
This approach is working, with 1,000,000 fewer people, including 300,000 fewer children,
in absolute poverty (before housing costs) since 2010, both record lows.</p>
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