Latest overpayment figures bring total number falling foul of ‘cliff-edge’ rules on earnings to 144,000More than 9,000 unpaid carers looking after ill and disabled loved ones have become the latest to be hit with...
Read More‘It takes the little people to stand up,’ says Andrea Tucker, who was told to repay £4,600 after caring for mother for 15 yearsAn unpaid carer is to challenge in the courts an “unfair and...
Read MoreStaffer told by official it would be inappropriate for him to give evidence to review of scandal-hit benefitThe Department for Work and Pensions has been accused of blocking a whistleblower who repeatedly raised the alarm about...
Read MoreCampaigners say NAO report shows impact of DWP staffing decisions and failure to address flaws in benefit’s designHundreds of thousands of unpaid carers were hit with ruinous penalties for minor breaches of carer’s...
Read MoreGovernment to set out details of independent review into benefit overpayments and how problems can be fixedThe government has promised a “new settlement” for unpaid carers, vowing to put an end to the scandal of...
Read MoreExclusive: Campaigners urge ministers to intervene to prevent cruel punishments over carer’s allowanceMore than 250 unpaid carers risk criminal prosecution after falling foul of draconian benefit rules in the past six...
Read MoreGuardian investigation revealed scale of penalties for unwitting breaches of carer’s allowance earnings limitsBudget 2024: key points at a glanceThe earnings limit placed on people who claim government support for taking...
Read MoreWelfare secretary promised overhaul of carer’s allowance after overpayments scandal raised concern over injusticesUK politics live – latest updatesUnpaid carers have welcomed plans to launch a review of...
Read MoreExclusive: overhaul of system that imposed draconian penalties for innocent errors in benefit claims is expectedDraconian penalties that caused unpaid carers to rack up thousands of pounds of debt after unwittingly falling foul...
Read MoreExclusive: overhaul of system that imposed draconian penalties for innocent and minor errors in benefit claims is expectedDraconian penalties levied on unpaid carers who unwittingly rack up “overpayments” running...
Read MoreShadow foreign secretary, Andrew Mitchell, says David Cameron and James Cleverly would not have agreed such a dealSophie Linden, London’s deputy mayor for policing and crime, is stepping down after eight years working with...
Read MoreExclusive: Case of Sia Kasparis, who has dementia, had been highlighted in Guardian investigation into unpaid careAn 86-year-old woman with advanced dementia has been told by the government she no longer has to repay a...
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