The government is "effective" against poverty, sources at the premier's office at PalazzoChigi said Tuesday after national stats agency Istat reported Monday that the number of people living in absolute poverty in Italy had risen to 5.7 million last year including 1.3 million minors.
"Let's clarify on the last two Istat notes on the subject of poverty", they said.
"The Meloni government's policies are confirmed as effective in the fight against poverty according to the various Istatindicators.
"This particularly concerns the risk of poverty, which has decreased as has the intensity of poverty.
"The incidence of absolute poverty also shows how it has gone back from a 0.6% increase in 2022 compared to 2021 to an increase of 0.2 % in 2023 compared to the previous year, entirely due to inflationary dynamics".
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