#carersallowance — Public Fediverse posts

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

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

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

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/18/scores-of-carers-overpaid-more-than-20000-last-year-despite-reforms

#Carersallowance #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #PatrickButlerSocialpolicyeditor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/dwp-chief-accused-of-overseeing-culture-of-complacency-that-led-to-carers-allowance-scandal

“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

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/dwp-chief-accused-of-overseeing-culture-of-complacency-that-led-to-carers-allowance-scandal

Anything but Basic Income, isn't it?

Gotta make us all jump through hoops for government money, how dare we exist and have needs...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/25/failures-tory-ministers-welfare-officials-carers-allowance-crisis-review-finds

#CarersAllowance #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #BasicIncome #Tories #Poverty #Health #Caring

Anything but Basic Income, isn't it?

Gotta make us all jump through hoops for government money, how dare we exist and have needs...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/25/failures-tory-ministers-welfare-officials-carers-allowance-crisis-review-finds

#CarersAllowance #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #BasicIncome #Tories #Poverty #Health #Caring

"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

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
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/05/31/dwp-pip-carers-cuts/

#DWP
#PIP
#CarersAllowance
#Carers

Halt Carer's Allowance overpayments now | Carers UK
https://action.carersuk.org/page/167242/action/1

#CarersAllowance
#Carers

Halt Carer's Allowance overpayments now | Carers UK
https://action.carersuk.org/page/167242/action/1

#CarersAllowance
#Carers

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
#Carers

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
#Carers

Hidden faces of poverty: unpaid carers’ struggle for survival
https://centralbylines.co.uk/society/hidden-faces-of-poverty-unpaid-carers-struggle-for-survival/

#DWP
#Poverty
#CarersAllowance
#Carers

Hidden faces of poverty: unpaid carers’ struggle for survival
https://centralbylines.co.uk/society/hidden-faces-of-poverty-unpaid-carers-struggle-for-survival/

#DWP
#Poverty
#CarersAllowance
#Carers

Do political donors get text messages for when their profits are about to be taxed so they can move them somewhere else? Or does that information get delivered over an expensive dinner?

"We think you're earning too much", what a thing to say to those on Benefits.....

#CarersAllowance #DWP #UKPOL #UKPolitics

Do political donors get text messages for when their profits are about to be taxed so they can move them somewhere else? Or does that information get delivered over an expensive dinner?

"We think you're earning too much", what a thing to say to those on Benefits.....

#CarersAllowance #DWP #UKPOL #UKPolitics

Woman, 86, told she no longer has to repay £13,000 in benefits in DWP U-turn | Benefits | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/04/woman-no-longer-repay-benefits-dwp-u-turn-carers-sia-kasparis

#GuardianInvestigation
#Dementia
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#CarersAllowance
#PensionCredit
#SevereDisabilityPremium
#DWP
#Kendall

Woman, 86, told she no longer has to repay £13,000 in benefits in DWP U-turn | Benefits | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/04/woman-no-longer-repay-benefits-dwp-u-turn-carers-sia-kasparis

#GuardianInvestigation
#Dementia
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#CarersAllowance
#PensionCredit
#SevereDisabilityPremium
#DWP
#Kendall

DWP claimant 'cries for two hours' after being 'forced to Jobcentre and grilled' - Birmingham Live
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/dwp-claimant-cries-two-hours-29771738?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

#DWP
#Dehumanization
#Mistakes
#Fraud
#Errors
#CPS
#Threatening
#CarersAllowance
#EarningsLimits
#AccidentalBreachOfEarningsRules
#AccidentalFraud

DWP claimant 'cries for two hours' after being 'forced to Jobcentre and grilled' - Birmingham Live
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/dwp-claimant-cries-two-hours-29771738?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

#DWP
#Dehumanization
#Mistakes
#Fraud
#Errors
#CPS
#Threatening
#CarersAllowance
#EarningsLimits
#AccidentalBreachOfEarningsRules
#AccidentalFraud

Unpaid carer says DWP’s fraud prosecution threat was ‘like blackmail’ | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/19/unpaid-carer-dwp-prosecution-threat-like-blackmail

#DWP
#Fraud
#WronglyAccused
#WrongfullyAccused
#CPS
#AccidentalBreachOfEarningsRules
#CarersAllowance
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#FinancialHardship
#WeCareCampaign
#DWPLettingTheOverpaymentBuildUp
#Court

Unpaid carer says DWP’s fraud prosecution threat was ‘like blackmail’ | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/19/unpaid-carer-dwp-prosecution-threat-like-blackmail

#DWP
#Fraud
#WronglyAccused
#WrongfullyAccused
#CPS
#AccidentalBreachOfEarningsRules
#CarersAllowance
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#FinancialHardship
#WeCareCampaign
#DWPLettingTheOverpaymentBuildUp
#Court

'#KeyWorkers quit jobs to avoid cash penalties for breaching #CarersAllowance

Exclusive: #Teachers and #NHS staff forced to take desperate measures to avoid falling foul of #EarningsLimits, says ‘devastating’ study'

‘#DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit

Analysis: Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to put an end to the carer’s allowance scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/key-workers-quit-jobs-to-avoid-cash-penalties-for-breaching-carers-allowance
#ToryLegacy #DesignedforFailure

'#KeyWorkers quit jobs to avoid cash penalties for breaching #CarersAllowance

Exclusive: #Teachers and #NHS staff forced to take desperate measures to avoid falling foul of #EarningsLimits, says ‘devastating’ study'

‘#DWP threatened to send in bailiffs’: the unpaid carers told to repay benefit

Analysis: Millions wasted, lives blighted: time to put an end to the carer’s allowance scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/key-workers-quit-jobs-to-avoid-cash-penalties-for-breaching-carers-allowance
#ToryLegacy #DesignedforFailure

DWP told to increase Carer's Allowance to £400 a week amid rising costs - Chronicle Live
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-told-increase-carers-allowance-29352880

#DWP
#CarersAllowance
#CA
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#UniversalCredit
#CarerElementOfUC

DWP told to increase Carer's Allowance to £400 a week amid rising costs - Chronicle Live
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-told-increase-carers-allowance-29352880

#DWP
#CarersAllowance
#CA
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#UniversalCredit
#CarerElementOfUC

General election manifestos: disabled people politically homeless
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024/06/14/general-election-disabled-people-manifestos/

#GE
#GE2024
#Tories
#Labour
#Disabled
#PoliticallyHomeless
#Manifesto
#ChronicallyIll
#LongTermSick
#Ableism
#UniversalCredit
#NHS
#NHSCrisis
#CarersAllowance
#CA
#PIP
#DomesticAbuse
#ESA
#SocialCare
#SocialCareCrisis
#SEN
#SEND
#UNCRPD
#LibDems
#Greens

General election manifestos: disabled people politically homeless
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024/06/14/general-election-disabled-people-manifestos/

#GE
#GE2024
#Tories
#Labour
#Disabled
#PoliticallyHomeless
#Manifesto
#ChronicallyIll
#LongTermSick
#Ableism
#UniversalCredit
#NHS
#NHSCrisis
#CarersAllowance
#CA
#PIP
#DomesticAbuse
#ESA
#SocialCare
#SocialCareCrisis
#SEN
#SEND
#UNCRPD
#LibDems
#Greens

Carers Allowance Change 2024: What Are the Expected Changes in Carers Allowance in 2024?
https://savemytaxes.org/carers-allowance-change/

#CarersAllowance
#CA
#CAChanges2024

Carers Allowance Change 2024: What Are the Expected Changes in Carers Allowance in 2024?
https://savemytaxes.org/carers-allowance-change/

#CarersAllowance
#CA
#CAChanges2024

Major DWP PIP overhaul will lead to cuts in Universal Credit and other benefits - Birmingham Live
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/major-dwp-pip-overhaul-lead-29273532

#DWP
#Tories
#PIP
#PIPReform
#UniversalCredit
#BlueBadge
#Motability
#ESA
#CarersAllowance
#BenefitCap

Major DWP PIP overhaul will lead to cuts in Universal Credit and other benefits - Birmingham Live
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/major-dwp-pip-overhaul-lead-29273532

#DWP
#Tories
#PIP
#PIPReform
#UniversalCredit
#BlueBadge
#Motability
#ESA
#CarersAllowance
#BenefitCap

‘It feels like contempt’: DWP tells 85-year-old dementia patient to repay £13k | Benefits | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/27/it-feels-like-contempt-dwp-asks-85-year-old-dementia-patient-to-repay-13k

#DWP
#Dementia
#BedBound
#SiaKasparis
#SevereDisabilityPremium
#Pension
#Overpayment
#Parkinsons
#CarersAllowance
#Thornberry
#Labour
#Benefits

‘It feels like contempt’: DWP tells 85-year-old dementia patient to repay £13k | Benefits | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/27/it-feels-like-contempt-dwp-asks-85-year-old-dementia-patient-to-repay-13k

#DWP
#Dementia
#BedBound
#SiaKasparis
#SevereDisabilityPremium
#Pension
#Overpayment
#Parkinsons
#CarersAllowance
#Thornberry
#Labour
#Benefits

Carer’s allowance report a vivid insight into failings of an unfit system | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/16/carers-allowance-report-a-vivid-insight-into-failings-of-an-unfit-system

#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#CarersAllowance
#DWP
#WorkingCarers
#Insensitive
#ForcedOutOfWork

Carer’s allowance report a vivid insight into failings of an unfit system | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/16/carers-allowance-report-a-vivid-insight-into-failings-of-an-unfit-system

#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#CarersAllowance
#DWP
#WorkingCarers
#Insensitive
#ForcedOutOfWork

#unpaidcarers #CarersAllowanceCrisis #carers #carersallowance #dwp #health #healthcare #uk #britain #unitedkingdom #strainonthenhs I’m not surprised people are getting confused. A response from the DWP after notifying them of a change in circumstance is totally non existent. All credit to the BBC for picking this story up.

Unpaid carers being forced to repay £250m to DWP in allowance overpayments https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-69031180

#unpaidcarers #CarersAllowanceCrisis #carers #carersallowance #dwp #health #healthcare #uk #britain #unitedkingdom #strainonthenhs I’m not surprised people are getting confused. A response from the DWP after notifying them of a change in circumstance is totally non existent. All credit to the BBC for picking this story up.

Unpaid carers being forced to repay £250m to DWP in allowance overpayments https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-69031180

Almost no cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-disability-benefit-fraud-pip/

#DWP
#PIP
#Fraud
#Benefits
#BenefitsCrackdown
#UniversalCredit
#Stride
#UnpaidCarers
#CarersAllowance

Almost no cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-disability-benefit-fraud-pip/

#DWP
#PIP
#Fraud
#Benefits
#BenefitsCrackdown
#UniversalCredit
#Stride
#UnpaidCarers
#CarersAllowance

BBC iPlayer - Newsnight - Unpaid Carers Asked to Repay Benefits
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001z9vh/newsnight-unpaid-carers-asked-to-repay-benefits

#Newsnight
#BBC
#BBCNewsnight
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#CarersAllowance
#Overpayment

BBC iPlayer - Newsnight - Unpaid Carers Asked to Repay Benefits
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001z9vh/newsnight-unpaid-carers-asked-to-repay-benefits

#Newsnight
#BBC
#BBCNewsnight
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#CarersAllowance
#Overpayment

Ministers pledge to publish long-buried study into impact of fines on carers | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/24/ministers-pledge-publish-long-buried-study-impact-fines-carers-uk

#StudyIntoImpactOfFinesOnCarers
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#DWP
#CarersAllowance
#Overpayment

Ministers pledge to publish long-buried study into impact of fines on carers | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/24/ministers-pledge-publish-long-buried-study-impact-fines-carers-uk

#StudyIntoImpactOfFinesOnCarers
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#FamilyCarers
#DWP
#CarersAllowance
#Overpayment

‘We’re already vulnerable’: the carers told to repay huge sums by the DWP | Carers | The Guardian

Some actually get taken to court for fraud over accidently not realizing they'd earned as little as 50p too much
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/19/were-already-vulnerable-the-carers-told-to-repay-huge-sums-by-the-dwp

#Carers
#Work
#Pay
#DWP
#CarersAllowance
#Overpayment
#Fraud

DWP warns carers they could face greater penalties if they appeal against fines | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/17/dwp-accused-cruel-tactics-unpaid-carers-appealing-fines

#DWP
#Fines
#Carers
#RepaymentOrders
#CarersAllowance
#Debt
#Abrahams
#Labour
#Tories
#CarersUK

‘They’re heartless’: how one woman fell victim to the carer’s allowance trap | Carers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/12/how-one-woman-fell-victim-carers-allowance-trap-karina-moon

#CarersAllowance
#Carers
#UnpaidCarers
#CA
#CATrap
#DWP
#Fraud
#CAB
#CitizensAdvice
#CitizensAdviceBureau