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The claim

There are hundreds of thousands - I think 400,000 - fewer families living in poverty now than there were in 2010.

Original publisher’s rating

We have not found any evidence that it is true or where the number has actually come from.

Reviewed by BBC Reality Check ↗ ·

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Sources and attribution

    Original review: BBC Reality Check. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms.

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