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<p>The Government is committed to action that delivers a sustainable long-term solution
to child poverty, including reforming the benefits system so that it supports employment
and higher pay. Universal Credit is designed to help people move into work faster,
stay in work longer and spend more time looking to increase their earnings and, when
fully rolled out, we expect Universal Credit will boost employment by 200,000, lifting
people out of poverty and generating £8 billion in economic benefits every year.</p><p>The
child poverty targets introduced in 2010 were replaced with two statutory measures
of parental employment and children’s educational attainment, the two areas which
can make the biggest difference to children’s long-term outcomes. We have no current
plans to reintroduce a target-based approach that focuses on income alone.</p>
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