The Guardian view on carer’s allowance: people who look after others should not be an afterthought | Editorial
The Guardian
APRIL 8, 2024
The DWP’s system punishes claimants for payment errors. But it is the rules, not the carers, that are most at fault The problems caused by attempts to reclaim benefit payments to carers, on the basis that they are ineligible due to increased earnings, are not new. Between 19,000 and 39,000 overpayments have been logged in each of the last five years.
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