Tag: carers
Extra staff to check overpayments after carers forced to repay thousands
The Department for Work and Pensions is drafting in more staff to ensure all possible cases of overpayments of Carer's Allowance are checked promptly. [...]
Carer’s Allowance overpayment debt rises to £250m
Outstanding debt from Carer's Allowance overpayments rose to more than £250m last year, according to the government's spending watchdog.The National A [...]
Government launches inquiry into Carer’s Allowance payment scandal
Getty ImagesThe government has announced an independent review into Carer's Allowance overpayments, after families were forced to pay back thousands o [...]
Worcester Council calls for video meetings for carers and parents
BBCLiberal Democrat city councillor Jessie Jagger is expecting a baby daughter in JanuaryPoliticians who are also parents or caregivers should be allo [...]
Lib Dem leader quizzes PM on DWP ‘hounding’ carers
Sir Ed Davey said the government should be supporting carers "not persecuting them".He raised some of the cases of carers who had been told to pay bac [...]
Unpaid carers being forced to repay £250m to DWP in allowance overpayments
Unpaid carers must repay more than £250 million after many were unknowingly overpaid their allowance, new figures show.The government is seeking to re [...]
Unpaid carers shocked at having to repay thousands
Two ex-ministers say the government should pause demands for large sums of money from benefits overpayments.
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Davey calls for financial help for carers – not just tributes
At PMQs, the Lib Dem leader raised the case of Karen who looks after her husband who has Parkinson's Disease.Ed Davey said family carers saved the gov [...]
Right to unpaid leave for carers set to become law
Parliament approves a bill which allows voluntary carers to take off up to one week a year.
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Sir Ed Davey: Social care plan forgets family carers
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said the government should raise carers' allowance and allow holidays for care staff.He asked for a new Vi [...]
Lib Dems: Ed Davey guarantees ‘to be the voice of carers’
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Coronavirus: PM faces potential insurrection over NHS price for abroad carers
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Coronavirus: PM rejects name to scrap NHS price for abroad carers
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