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  1. Assisted dying, palliative care and patient choice | Letters
    By Guardian Staff

    Readers respond to an article by Dr Zubir Ahmed, who argued that better palliative care should be prioritised before assisted dying is legalised

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Assisteddying #Hospices #NHS #Deathanddying #Law #Politics #UKnews #Society #Benefits #Carersallowance #Health #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  2. Assisted dying, palliative care and patient choice | Letters
    By Guardian Staff

    Readers respond to an article by Dr Zubir Ahmed, who argued that better palliative care should be prioritised before assisted dying is legalised

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Assisteddying #Hospices #NHS #Deathanddying #Law #Politics #UKnews #Society #Benefits #Carersallowance #Health #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  3. Assisted dying, palliative care and patient choice | Letters
    By Guardian Staff

    Readers respond to an article by Dr Zubir Ahmed, who argued that better palliative care should be prioritised before assisted dying is legalised

    theguardian.com/society/2026/s

    #Assisteddying #Hospices #NHS #Deathanddying #Law #Politics #UKnews #Society #Benefits #Carersallowance #Health #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

  4. Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms
    By Patrick Butler Social policy editor

    DWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpayments

    theguardian.com/society/2026/j

    #Carersallowance #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #PatrickButlerSocialpolicyeditor

  5. Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms
    By Patrick Butler Social policy editor

    DWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpayments

    theguardian.com/society/2026/j

    #Carersallowance #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #PatrickButlerSocialpolicyeditor

  6. 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.

    #carersallowance #welfarebenefits #dwp

    theguardian.com/society/2026/j

  7. 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.

    #carersallowance #welfarebenefits #dwp

    theguardian.com/society/2026/j

  8. 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.

    #carersallowance #welfarebenefits #dwp

    theguardian.com/society/2026/j

  9. “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

    theguardian.com/society/2026/f

  10. “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

    theguardian.com/society/2026/f

  11. “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

    theguardian.com/society/2026/f

  12. “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

    theguardian.com/society/2026/f

  13. “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

    theguardian.com/society/2026/f

  14. 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.

    theguardian.com/society/2025/d

    #dwp #carersallowancescandal #carersallowance #designdiscretion #welfarebenefits #uk

  15. 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.

    theguardian.com/society/2025/d

    #dwp #carersallowancescandal #carersallowance #designdiscretion #welfarebenefits #uk

  16. 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.

    theguardian.com/society/2025/d

    #dwp #carersallowancescandal #carersallowance #designdiscretion #welfarebenefits #uk

  17. "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
    theguardian.com/society/2025/n

    #welfarebenefits #carers #dwp #claimants #fakefraud #carersallowance

  18. "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
    theguardian.com/society/2025/n

    #welfarebenefits #carers #dwp #claimants #fakefraud #carersallowance

  19. "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
    theguardian.com/society/2025/n

    #welfarebenefits #carers #dwp #claimants #fakefraud #carersallowance

  20. "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
    theguardian.com/society/2025/n

    #welfarebenefits #carers #dwp #claimants #fakefraud #carersallowance