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<p>Every Government needs to balance the generosity of benefit levels with affordability
to the taxpayer and making sure that work pays. This Government continues to spend
over £95bn a year on welfare. Since 2016, we have invested an additional £1.7bn a
year in Universal Credit, through a reduction in the taper rate, increasing the work
allowances for households with children and disabled people and providing additional
support for people moving onto UC from existing benefits.</p><p> </p><p>This Government
has also made sure that work pays. The National Living Wage, rising to £8.21 an hour
from April 2019, has given the UK’s lowest earners their fastest pay rise in 20 years.
We have cut income tax for over 31 million people and taken four million low earners
out of income tax altogether. A typical basic-rate taxpayer now has over £1,000 less
in income tax than in 2010. Compared with 2010, there are now over 3.5 million more
people in work, 1,024,000 fewer workless households, and, at a near record low, 665,000
fewer children living in workless households This means more families are getting
more of their income through earnings. Working Age households and households with
children in the bottom 20% of the income distribution now get just over half of their
income from employment, up from just over 40% in 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sources of household income by income quintile (Before
Housing Costs) for households not containing pensioners, plus households containing
both pensioners and children, United Kingdom </strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Quintile</strong></p></td><td
colspan="3"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Source of income</strong></p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>Bottom quintile</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2<sup>nd</sup> quintile</p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>3rd quintile</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4th quintile</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Top
quintile</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Earnings</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>43</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>64</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>81</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>90</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>Investments</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Occupational pensions</p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Miscellaneous</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>5</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>4</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>State support</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>48</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>30</p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>13</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>
</p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Earnings</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>51</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>67</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>81</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>89</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>Investments</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Occupational pensions</p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Miscellaneous</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>4</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>3</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>State support</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>40</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>26</p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>12</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td
colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Percentage of household
income</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source,
Households Below Average Income, DWP</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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