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<p>This Government is committed to delivering a sustainable, long-term solution to
poverty in all its forms. Tackling child poverty requires an approach that goes beyond
one that focuses on income alone to one that addresses the root causes of poverty
and disadvantage and improves long-term outcomes for families and children.</p><p>Through
Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published in 2017, we set out detailed
evidence on the root causes of poverty and disadvantage and their impact on the outcomes
of children in families where none of the parents is working. We also set out nine
indicators to track progress in the areas that matter, including two statutory measures
of parental worklessness and educational attainment – the two areas that we know can
make the biggest difference to children’s outcomes.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/621364/improving-lives-helping-workless-families-web-version.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/621364/improving-lives-helping-workless-families-web-version.pdf</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>There is clear evidence that children in working households are not only less
likely to grow up in poverty – their life chances are also significantly better. We
will therefore continue to reform the welfare system so that it works with the tax
system and the labour market to support employment and higher pay. Promoting full-time
work through work incentives is a key feature of this approach, reinforced by the
National Living Wage and the rising Personal Tax Allowance, which work together to
promote independence from benefits.</p>
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