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UK
DWP needs overhaul to restore trust after carer’s allowance scandal, adviser says | Carers
The Department for Work and Pensions needs a management and cultural overhaul to rebuild public confidence, a key government adviser…
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Senior DWP civil servant blames victims for carer’s allowance scandal | Carers
One of the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) most senior civil servants has laid the blame for the carer’s…
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Ministers set aside £75m to fix failures that caused carer’s allowance crisis | Carers
Ministers have set aside £75 million to fix systemic failures that have left hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers hit…
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Australia
Thousands of aged, disability carers to be stripped of qualifications
A training provider in Melbourne has been deemed “critically non-compliant”, potentially leaving thousands of workers and vulnerable people at risk.
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UK
Penalties for unpaid carers in benefits scandal must be halted, says Ed Davey | Society
Fines imposed on thousands of unpaid carers who breach discredited carer’s allowance benefit rules should be suspended until the government…
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‘Help has been cut right across the board’: Number of unpaid carers soars by 70% to 1.9m people
Free Morning Cuff E -Post for News from our reporters around the world Free Morning Cuff E -No Free Morning…
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Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal | Carers
The government is considering compensation payments for unpaid carers who have been unjustly hit by major financial refund in recent…
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Ministers urged to overhaul and raise carer’s allowance | Carers
Living standards according to Thinktank, the career’s appropriation benefit should be overhauled and the basic payment rate should be increased…
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Young carer ‘amazed’ as Guardian readers pay off her £2,000 fine for benefit rules mistake | Carers
A young caregiver who has been looking at his disabled mother since the age of eight, Guardian readers, said that…
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