Exclusive: 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...
Read MoreClemency Jacques told to pay extra £1,300 for accidental carer’s allowance breach or have case sent to CPSA vulnerable unpaid carer threatened by benefits officials with prosecution for fraud unless she agreed to pay...
Read MoreChancellor suggests budget, on 30 October, will involve tax rises and cuts to spending and benefitsDowning Street has refused to comment on a report saying junior doctors are being offered a pay rise worth about 20% over two...
Read MoreChancellor expected to outline measures to address a spending ‘black hole’ of up to £20bnDowning Street has refused to comment on a report saying junior doctors are being offered a pay rise worth about 20% over...
Read MoreExclusive: Teachers and NHS staff forced to take desperate measures to avoid falling foul of earnings limits, says ‘devastating’ study‘DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay...
Read MoreConsumer expert writes to chancellor outlining four changes to help remedy financial injusticesRachel Reeves must overhaul the allowance that has resulted in thousands of unpaid carers being saddled with life-changing debt, and...
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