article_snippet: Getting a job lifts more people out of poverty in Britain than anywhere in Europe, a new study reveals.
article_snippet: More than seven in 10 people in the UK were no longer in poverty after finding work, compared to the EU average of just half.
article_snippet: Ministers said the figures showed Britain was leading the way in proving that work is the best route out of being poor.
article_snippet: Seven in 10 people in the UK were no longer classed as poor after finding work, compared to the EU average of just half .
article_snippet: In work poverty rates have been lower in the UK than the EU average every year since 2006, the figures show .
article_snippet: The Office for National Statistics examined figures for every European country to analyse the impact getting a job can have on people classed as poor.
article_snippet: The Office for National Statistics found gaining employment helped far more people out of poverty than the rest of the continent.
article_snippet: For the EU as a whole, only half of people (49 per cent) left poverty when only half of people (49 per cent) got a job in 2009, according to analysis carried out by the European Commission.
article_snippet: Detailed figures by country suggest the UK has a higher poverty exit rate for people getting a job than almost any other country examined.
article_snippet: The ONS said: 'The percentage of people who moved out of poverty when entering employment in the UK was relatively stable and well above the EU average throughout the period 2007 to 2012, with an exit rate of 68 per cent in 2007 to 2009, compared with 73 per cent in 2010 to 2012.'
highlights_snippet: Seven in 10 Britons moved out of poverty after entering employment .
  