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| | Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | All credit to a stubborn chancellor |
 | | Through the introduction of the WFTC and boosting income support for families, Labour reduced the number of children in poverty by 1m in its first term, and committed itself in its 2001 manifesto to do more. |
 | | The biggest gainers from the WFTC, according to the government's own figures, have not been the poorest 10% of households with families, who tend not to be in work, but the next poorest 10%. |
 | | The value of the WFTC tapers away as wages rise, so that it is of negligible value to anybody above average income, and not payable at all to those in the top 20% of earners. |
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