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Most of money earmarked to fix ‘systemic’ problems expected to pay for officials needed to reassess overpaymentsMinisters have set aside £75m to fix systemic failures that caused hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers to be hit with huge bills after un…
Unpaid carers were pushed into debt and distress and hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ money wastedUK politics live – latest updatesRepeated failures by Tory ministers and top welfare officials pushed hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers into debt a…
Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak outThe carer’s allowance scandal – a timelineHundreds of thousands of vulne…
Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertiaDWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance cris…
Lib Dem leader urges suspension of fines imposed on hundreds of thousands who fell foul of discredited rulesPenalties imposed on thousands of unpaid carers who fall foul of the discredited carer’s allowance benefit rules should be suspended until the g…
Exclusive: Ministers have vowed to fix benefit after Guardian revealed thousands had been plunged into debt for accidentally breaking rulesThe government is considering compensation payouts for unpaid carers who have been unfairly hit with huge financi…
Resolution Foundation says unpaid carers on low incomes pay ‘very heavy price’ for looking after loved onesThe carer’s allowance benefit should be overhauled and the basic rate of payment increased to lift more unpaid carers and disabled people out of …
Rose Jones was told to repay £2,145 after she unwittingly breached ‘draconian’ carer’s allowance regulationsA young carer who had looked after her disabled mother since she was eight said she was “amazed” and “overwhelmed” after Guardian readers paid o…
Exclusive: Number of people receiving subsidised care has fallen far more quickly than the country’s disability rate, analysis findsNearly 100,000 adults have been denied government-funded social care because of a decade’s worth of spending cuts, a Gua…
Nicola Green, 42, speaks out after significant legal victory against department that accused her of fraudUK politics live – latest updatesThe mother of a teenager with cerebral palsy has demanded an end to the “sickening harassment” of unpaid carers af…