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<p>School staff should not have to purchase equipment for their students. Core funding
for schools and high needs is at its highest ever level, having risen from almost
£41 billion in the period 2017 to 2018 to £42.4 billion this year. It will rise further
to £43.5 billion in the period 2019 to 2020.</p><p>Since 2010, there are 637,000 fewer
children living in workless households. 75% of children from workless families moved
out of poverty when their parents entered into full-time work.</p><p>Supported by
the National Living Wage, the lowest paid have seen their wages grow by almost 7%
above inflation between April 2015 and April 2017. This year, the government raised
the Income Tax personal allowance to £11,850.</p><p>Under the Labour government, in
the period 2009 to 2010, someone working full-time on the minimum wage earned over
£10,500 and had to pay £820 to the government in income tax. Under the Conservative
government, in the period 2018 to 2019, they earn over £14,200 and would only pay
£490.</p><p> </p>
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