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A Guardian investigation revealed how hundreds of thousands of people were plunged into debt – and some criminalised – for looking after their loved onesOne February afternoon in 2016, Sir Robert Devereux, at the time the most powerful official in the …
Exclusive: amount due to official failures, resulting in carers running up huge overpayments over months and yearsAt least £357m in carer’s allowance benefit was paid out in error over the past six years due to official failures, resulting in debt and …
Cross-party group’s report emphasises risk of failure after finding 3.5 million people not getting care they needA cross-party group of MPs has warned attempts to reform adult social care are doomed to fail unless ministers accept major investment is n…
Department previously investigated only 50% of earnings limit alerts, meaning many carers fell into debtUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have announced an overhaul of the way carer’s allowance overpayments are checked in an attempt to fix the…
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 carer’s allowance overpayment debts in …
Emma Heming Willis, who is primary carer for the actor since his dementia diagnosis in 2023, says there is ‘a broader story’ to tell about their plightEmma Heming Willis, the primary carer for her husband, the actor Bruce Willis, who is suffering fro…
Rachel Adam-Smith says stopping benefits when loved ones are in hospital fails to recognise carers’ ongoing roleThe mother of a severely disabled young woman was left in financial hardship after her carer’s allowance was wrongly stopped while her daugh…
Lib Dems call for £1bn support package to improve help for carers through access to respite care and increased carer’s allowanceA third of carers with poor mental health have considered suicide or self-harm, data shows.Figures given to the Liberal Demo…
Government accepts advice from JCVI which says only at-risk groups and those aged 65 and over should be offered vaccinesMillions of people under the age of 65 in England will be denied flu and Covid jabs this winter despite one of the government’s top …
Exclusive: Many exhausted relatives asking for help as health and social care services stretched beyond limitSoaring numbers of families struggling to care for someone with dementia have hit a “crisis point” with nowhere to turn for help when their lov…