DWP
Calls to end the Carer’s Allowance work/benefit trap
The financial problems facing unpaid carers have finally been recognised publicly, alongside calls to fix the system that is punishing people for caring and working to support themselves. In an editorial, the Guardian refers to what’s been described as a ‘catch out culture’ at the Department of Work and Pensions. Any carer earning over £151 […]
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Underpaid State Pensions affect 134,000 people
In the continuing sage of the people who were underpaid State Pensions to the tune of £1billiion, it’s now thought that around 134,000 mostly women have been affected. The catalogue of errors that created the shortfall, uncovered originally by This is Money, has been heavily criticised by the National Audit Office. The problem has seen […]
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