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<p>The Government supports families in a number of ways, including through the tax
and welfare systems.</p><p> </p><p>The income tax system does this through various
allowances including the married couples allowance and marriage allowance, and by
providing tax reliefs for childcare. The Government also supports families through
increasing tax thresholds including increasing the Personal Allowance to £12,500 for
2019 to 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The annual costs of most of these types of support in
each financial year since 2010 have been set out in various HMRC publications.</p>
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