Over its 10 years, more than 1.8 million people have been helped into jobs by the New Deals. An extra 300,000 lone parents in work has helped us lift 600,000 children out of poverty, the numbers on Incapacity Benefit are falling, while long-term claimant unemployment for young people has been virtually eliminated.
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