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<p>This Government is tackling poverty through our new Life Chances agenda. This will
drive real action which will make the biggest difference to the most disadvantaged
children – now and in the future. This approach will ensure that Government action
is focused on tackling the root causes of child poverty - worklessness, educational
failure, family breakdown, problem debt and addiction.</p><p>This Government believes
that work is the best route out of poverty and is therefore focused on getting people
into employment. With more than two million more people in work than in 2010, and
with the number of workless households at a record low, the progress made by this
Government has been significant including in Barnsley Central constituency. In the
constituency, over the past year, the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance,
or not in work and claiming Universal Credit, fell by 13 per cent.</p><p>We do not
have specific data on all former mining communities and this information could only
be provided at disproportionate cost.</p>
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