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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 ...

Pressure grows to end carer pr ...

More pressure is being added to end the prosecution of carers who inadvertently breach the earnings limit for their benefit. The National Union of Carers (NUC) has called for an immediate halt to the ...

‘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 ...

Welcome for benefit overpaymen ...

Plans to text and email carers at risk of benefit overpayments have been welcomed by a charity. Carers UK said it was reacting “positively“ to the move by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP ...

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 ...

Hunt‘s budget ‘ignored car ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget ignored carers, say campaigners. Charity Carers UK says it was “disappointed” that carers did not get any “targeted” help from Hunt. Helen Walker, head of Car ...

Autism parents less likely to ...

Parents of children on the autism spectrum are much less likely to have a job, new research shows. The US study looked at parents of children with autism, asthma or neither condition. Over a year, par ...

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 ...

Parents suffer lower quality o ...

Parents see their quality of life suffer when caring for an autistic child, says a new study. And the more severe the autism the greater the impact on the parents’ quality of life. Dr Dawn Turnage s ...

Carers need living wage, mum t ...

Family carers should be paid the living wage, a full-time carer has told the UK’s House of Lords. Nadia Taylor made the comment at a meeting of the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee. Carers ...

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