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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Women ‘forced to give up car ...

Many women in the UK will be forced to give up caring roles to seek employment, due to changes in the age at which they qualify for the state pension. WASPI vice chair Pamela Judge says women born in ...

Charity suggests duty of emplo ...

The UK Government should extend education health and care plans (EHCPs) to provide a legal duty to support autistic young people in work. EHCPs would then become employment health and care plans. Jola ...

Autistic kids cost £2,650 a y ...

Families and carers face extra costs of more than £2,650 a year to raise a child on the autism spectrum, a new study shows. The research looks at the higher costs of everyday household and play items ...

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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