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Carer’s allowance scandal victims could wait until 2054 for justice, charities warn
By Patrick Butler Social policy editorCampaigners say at current glacial pace some unpaid carers will die before receiving a refund
#Carersallowance #Carers #Society #UKnews #Politics #Statebenefits #TheGuardian #PatrickButlerSocialpolicyeditor
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Carer’s allowance scandal victims could wait until 2054 for justice, charities warn
By Patrick Butler Social policy editorCampaigners say at current glacial pace some unpaid carers will die before receiving a refund
#Carersallowance #Carers #Society #UKnews #Politics #Statebenefits #TheGuardian #PatrickButlerSocialpolicyeditor
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Carer’s allowance scandal victims could wait until 2054 for justice, charities warn
By Patrick Butler Social policy editorCampaigners say at current glacial pace some unpaid carers will die before receiving a refund
#Carersallowance #Carers #Society #UKnews #Politics #Statebenefits #TheGuardian #PatrickButlerSocialpolicyeditor
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Carer’s allowance scandal victims could wait until 2054 for justice, charities warn https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/13/carers-allowance-scandal-victims-could-wait-until-2054-for-justice-charities-warn #CarersAllowance #Carers #Society #UkNews #Politics #StateBenefits
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Carer’s allowance scandal victims could wait until 2054 for justice, charities warn https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/13/carers-allowance-scandal-victims-could-wait-until-2054-for-justice-charities-warn #CarersAllowance #Carers #Society #UkNews #Politics #StateBenefits
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Carer’s allowance scandal victims could wait until 2054 for justice, charities warn https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/13/carers-allowance-scandal-victims-could-wait-until-2054-for-justice-charities-warn #CarersAllowance #Carers #Society #UkNews #Politics #StateBenefits
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Assisted dying, palliative care and patient choice | Letters
By Guardian StaffReaders respond to an article by Dr Zubir Ahmed, who argued that better palliative care should be prioritised before assisted dying is legalised
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/01/assisted-dying-palliative-care-and-patient-choice
#Assisteddying #Hospices #NHS #Deathanddying #Law #Politics #UKnews #Society #Benefits #Carersallowance #Health #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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Assisted dying, palliative care and patient choice | Letters
By Guardian StaffReaders respond to an article by Dr Zubir Ahmed, who argued that better palliative care should be prioritised before assisted dying is legalised
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/01/assisted-dying-palliative-care-and-patient-choice
#Assisteddying #Hospices #NHS #Deathanddying #Law #Politics #UKnews #Society #Benefits #Carersallowance #Health #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/18/scores-of-carers-overpaid-more-than-20000-last-year-despite-reforms #CarersAllowance #Society #UkNews
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Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/18/scores-of-carers-overpaid-more-than-20000-last-year-despite-reforms #CarersAllowance #Society #UkNews
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Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/18/scores-of-carers-overpaid-more-than-20000-last-year-despite-reforms #CarersAllowance #Society #UkNews
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Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms
By Patrick Butler Social policy editorDWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpayments
#Carersallowance #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #PatrickButlerSocialpolicyeditor
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DWP ignores factual information from claimants of UK Carers Allowance, who requested terminating their own claims due to changes in circumstances. DWP calls this "claimant fraud” in their statistics.
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DWP ignores factual information from claimants of UK Carers Allowance, who requested terminating their own claims due to changes in circumstances. DWP calls this "claimant fraud” in their statistics.
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Revealed: DWP still allowing unpaid carers to run up debts despite being told about overpayments https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/13/revealed-dwp-still-allowing-unpaid-carers-to-run-up-debts-despite-being-told-about-overpayments #CarersAllowance #Benefits #Society #Welfare #UkNews #Politics
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Revealed: DWP still allowing unpaid carers to run up debts despite being told about overpayments https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/13/revealed-dwp-still-allowing-unpaid-carers-to-run-up-debts-despite-being-told-about-overpayments #CarersAllowance #Benefits #Society #Welfare #UkNews #Politics
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Revealed: DWP still allowing unpaid carers to run up debts despite being told about overpayments https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/13/revealed-dwp-still-allowing-unpaid-carers-to-run-up-debts-despite-being-told-about-overpayments #CarersAllowance #Benefits #Society #Welfare #UkNews #Politics
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DWP pursued woman’s employer for nonexistent ‘benefit debt’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/20/dwp-pursued-womans-employer-for-nonexistent-benefit-debt #Carers #Benefits #CarersAllowance #UkNews #Society #UniversalCredit
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DWP pursued woman’s employer for nonexistent ‘benefit debt’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/20/dwp-pursued-womans-employer-for-nonexistent-benefit-debt #Carers #Benefits #CarersAllowance #UkNews #Society #UniversalCredit
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DWP pursued woman’s employer for nonexistent ‘benefit debt’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/20/dwp-pursued-womans-employer-for-nonexistent-benefit-debt #Carers #Benefits #CarersAllowance #UkNews #Society #UniversalCredit
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Thousands of unpaid carers to face DWP repayment demands during overhaul https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/13/unpaid-carers-allowance-dwp-benefit-repayment-demands #CarersAllowance #Carers #Benefits #Welfare #Society #Politics #UkNews
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Thousands of unpaid carers to face DWP repayment demands during overhaul https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/13/unpaid-carers-allowance-dwp-benefit-repayment-demands #CarersAllowance #Carers #Benefits #Welfare #Society #Politics #UkNews
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Thousands of unpaid carers to face DWP repayment demands during overhaul https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/13/unpaid-carers-allowance-dwp-benefit-repayment-demands #CarersAllowance #Carers #Benefits #Welfare #Society #Politics #UkNews
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Britain's shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? | Frances Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/11/carers-allowance-britain-unpaid-workforce #CarersAllowance #Benefits #Welfare #SocialCare #Society #Disability #Family #Poverty #UkNews
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Britain's shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? | Frances Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/11/carers-allowance-britain-unpaid-workforce #CarersAllowance #Benefits #Welfare #SocialCare #Society #Disability #Family #Poverty #UkNews
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Britain's shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers? | Frances Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/11/carers-allowance-britain-unpaid-workforce #CarersAllowance #Benefits #Welfare #SocialCare #Society #Disability #Family #Poverty #UkNews
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MPs threaten fresh inquiry into carers allowance scandal amid redress delays https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/22/mps-threaten-fresh-inquiry-into-carers-allowance-scandal-amid-redress-delays #CarersAllowance #Carers #Benefits #Welfare #SocialCare #Society #UkNews
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MPs threaten fresh inquiry into carers allowance scandal amid redress delays https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/22/mps-threaten-fresh-inquiry-into-carers-allowance-scandal-amid-redress-delays #CarersAllowance #Carers #Benefits #Welfare #SocialCare #Society #UkNews
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MPs threaten fresh inquiry into carers allowance scandal amid redress delays https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/22/mps-threaten-fresh-inquiry-into-carers-allowance-scandal-amid-redress-delays #CarersAllowance #Carers #Benefits #Welfare #SocialCare #Society #UkNews
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“Moreover, I am concerned that these attitudes may be more widespread, and indicative of a culture within the department that blames claimants for errors and fails to recognise the needs of vulnerable people.”
This is one of the cards in Digital Benefits and Disbenefits Cornucopia @DBD_Cornucopia See card “Queen of Trust”
#carersallowance #dwp #welfarebenefits #carers #uk #servicedesign #designdiscretion
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“Moreover, I am concerned that these attitudes may be more widespread, and indicative of a culture within the department that blames claimants for errors and fails to recognise the needs of vulnerable people.”
This is one of the cards in Digital Benefits and Disbenefits Cornucopia @DBD_Cornucopia See card “Queen of Trust”
#carersallowance #dwp #welfarebenefits #carers #uk #servicedesign #designdiscretion
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“Moreover, I am concerned that these attitudes may be more widespread, and indicative of a culture within the department that blames claimants for errors and fails to recognise the needs of vulnerable people.”
This is one of the cards in Digital Benefits and Disbenefits Cornucopia @DBD_Cornucopia See card “Queen of Trust”
#carersallowance #dwp #welfarebenefits #carers #uk #servicedesign #designdiscretion
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“Moreover, I am concerned that these attitudes may be more widespread, and indicative of a culture within the department that blames claimants for errors and fails to recognise the needs of vulnerable people.”
This is one of the cards in Digital Benefits and Disbenefits Cornucopia @DBD_Cornucopia See card “Queen of Trust”
#carersallowance #dwp #welfarebenefits #carers #uk #servicedesign #designdiscretion
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Claimants primarily blamed by DWP, despite how the DWP could have done more. The official found that "longstanding and 'unacceptable' systemic DWP leadership problems and poor benefit design were at the root of the failure, which it said could not be blamed on carers." So, not the legislation or regulations, but instead discretionary choices made by civil servants.
#dwp #carersallowancescandal #carersallowance #designdiscretion #welfarebenefits #uk
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Claimants primarily blamed by DWP, despite how the DWP could have done more. The official found that "longstanding and 'unacceptable' systemic DWP leadership problems and poor benefit design were at the root of the failure, which it said could not be blamed on carers." So, not the legislation or regulations, but instead discretionary choices made by civil servants.
#dwp #carersallowancescandal #carersallowance #designdiscretion #welfarebenefits #uk
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/209401/ Christmas bonus welfare payments to be paid to 1.5m people this week – The Irish Times #Business #CarerSAllowance #Christmas #DaraCalleary #Éire #IE #Ireland #SocialWelfarePayments
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Anything but Basic Income, isn't it?
Gotta make us all jump through hoops for government money, how dare we exist and have needs...
#CarersAllowance #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #BasicIncome #Tories #Poverty #Health #Caring
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Anything but Basic Income, isn't it?
Gotta make us all jump through hoops for government money, how dare we exist and have needs...
#CarersAllowance #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #BasicIncome #Tories #Poverty #Health #Caring
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Anything but Basic Income, isn't it?
Gotta make us all jump through hoops for government money, how dare we exist and have needs...
#CarersAllowance #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #BasicIncome #Tories #Poverty #Health #Caring
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Anything but Basic Income, isn't it?
Gotta make us all jump through hoops for government money, how dare we exist and have needs...
#CarersAllowance #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #BasicIncome #Tories #Poverty #Health #Caring
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"Many carers said they were harassed and treated like criminals by DWP staff. Hundreds were convicted of benefit fraud”
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/25/dwp-to-reassess-hundreds-of-thousands-of-cases-in-carers-allowance-scandal#welfarebenefits #carers #dwp #claimants #fakefraud #carersallowance
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"Many carers said they were harassed and treated like criminals by DWP staff. Hundreds were convicted of benefit fraud”
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/25/dwp-to-reassess-hundreds-of-thousands-of-cases-in-carers-allowance-scandal#welfarebenefits #carers #dwp #claimants #fakefraud #carersallowance
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"Many carers said they were harassed and treated like criminals by DWP staff. Hundreds were convicted of benefit fraud”
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/25/dwp-to-reassess-hundreds-of-thousands-of-cases-in-carers-allowance-scandal#welfarebenefits #carers #dwp #claimants #fakefraud #carersallowance
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DWP PIP changes will hit carers with a £650 million cut every year www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/... #DWP #PIP #CarersAllowance #Carers
5.7 million unpaid carers save... -
DWP PIP changes will hit carers with a £650 million cut every year www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/... #DWP #PIP #CarersAllowance #Carers
5.7 million unpaid carers save... -
DWP PIP changes will hit carers with a £650 million cut every year www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/... #DWP #PIP #CarersAllowance #Carers
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DWP PIP changes will hit carers with a £650 million cut every year
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DWP PIP changes will hit carers with a £650 million cut every year
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/05/31/dwp-pip-carers-cuts/ -
DWP PIP changes will hit carers with a £650 million cut every year
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Presumably “In future, all reports will be checked, so that claimants can be notified and avoid getting into debt” means more carers will be identified as claiming the Carers Allowance benefit when they are deemed ineligible, meaning more “fraud” detected by the DWP and less build up of that “overpayment” but many more people losing support (and still having to repay every previous penny received?).
#carersallowance #welfarebenefits #socialprotection #carers #dwp #uk
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Presumably “In future, all reports will be checked, so that claimants can be notified and avoid getting into debt” means more carers will be identified as claiming the Carers Allowance benefit when they are deemed ineligible, meaning more “fraud” detected by the DWP and less build up of that “overpayment” but many more people losing support (and still having to repay every previous penny received?).
#carersallowance #welfarebenefits #socialprotection #carers #dwp #uk
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Halt Carer's Allowance overpayments now | Carers UK
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Halt Carer's Allowance overpayments now | Carers UK
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Halt Carer's Allowance overpayments now | Carers UK
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Halt Carer's Allowance overpayments now | Carers UK
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Unpaid carers must be supported by the DWP and councils
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/unpaid-carers-support-dwp-councils-care-full/#DWP
#Overpayment
#Work
#CarersAllowance
#UnpaidCarers
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Unpaid carers must be supported by the DWP and councils
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/unpaid-carers-support-dwp-councils-care-full/#DWP
#Overpayment
#Work
#CarersAllowance
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
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Unpaid carers must be supported by the DWP and councils
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/unpaid-carers-support-dwp-councils-care-full/#DWP
#Overpayment
#Work
#CarersAllowance
#UnpaidCarers
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Unpaid carers must be supported by the DWP and councils
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/unpaid-carers-support-dwp-councils-care-full/#DWP
#Overpayment
#Work
#CarersAllowance
#UnpaidCarers
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New National Audit Office report about UK Carer's Allowance notes "it is important to identify an overpayment early or, better still, prevent it from happening".
The state already records deaths. It collects taxes on earnings. It has NI records. It has health records. It has education records. It has benefit records.
I also hope more effort (and auditing) is made identifying and preventing underpayment, and reducing under claiming.
https://www.nao.org.uk/press-releases/carers-allowance-overpayment-debt-reaches-250-million/