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Carers suffer for government f ...

Unpaid carers are bearing the brunt of successive governments’ failures to fix the broken social care system, say MPs. The Health and Social Care Select Committee says unpaid carers are providing wo ...

Debt-struck carers struggle to ...

Carers are being driven into debt and left unable to meet vital extra costs, new research shows. The research, conducted by the charity Family Fund, suggests that carers struggle to afford essentials ...

Mum sets hospital precedent fo ...

A campaigning carer says the UK Government has set a precedent for allowing a mum to claim Carer’s Allowance while the person she was caring for was in hospital. Katy Styles, of the We Care Campaign ...

Call for recognition of carers ...

A campaigner aiming to set up a new carers’ union has called on the UK Government to recognise it. Leo Cleary wants the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to recognise his fledgling National Unp ...

Campaigner sets up union for c ...

A campaigner who fought the UK Government over the prosecution of carers is setting up a union and online forum. Leo Cleary plans to set up the National Unpaid Carers Union and Forum. Leo Cleary is se ...

‘Clear action needed’ to h ...

A charity has called for “clear and decisive action” from the new UK Government to improve carers’ lives. Carers UK issued the call amid mounting concerns about the Department for Work and Pensi ...

Govt ‘must fix Carer’s All ...

A charity has called on the new Labour government to overhaul the “grossly unfair” Carer’s Allowance. The Carers Trust says if the new UK Government is serious about growing the economy, the bro ...

Buckland slams prosecution of ...

The UK Government’s chief autism advocate has condemned the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for prosecuting carers who unintentionally breach the earnings limit for their benefit. Sir Robert ...

Carers have little hope of mor ...

Carers are being left with little hope of more support for their work at home or in the workplace. That’s the view of Baroness Andrews, who is the former chair of the House of Lords Adult Social Car ...

Lords report slams ‘unfair� ...

Families should no longer be expected to provide unpaid care for loved ones. That’s the view of the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee. Carers UK chief executive Helen Walker says unpaid car ...

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