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<p>The most recent available data, covering 2021/22 shows that relative poverty rates
for children remain unchanged since 2009/10. On an absolute basis, which better represents
changes to actual living standards, the rate after housing costs has fallen by 5 percentage
points across the same period. There were 400,000 fewer children in absolute poverty
after housing costs in 2021/22 compared to 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent
available OECD data shows that the United Kingdom has a relative poverty rate for
0–17-year-olds comparable to large European countries such as France and Germany and
below Australia, the United States and Italy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed
to reducing poverty, including child poverty, and supporting low-income families.
We will spend around £276bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2023/24
including around £124bn on people of working age and children.</p><p> </p><p>Our approach
to tackling poverty is based on clear evidence that parental employment, particularly
where its full time, reduces the risk of poverty. In the financial year 2021 to 2022,
children living in households where all adults work were around 5 times less likely
to be in absolute poverty after housing costs than those living in workless households.</p>
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