Bless you for getting involved Martin. I opted out of CA (though entitled) in fear something like this might happen. It's woefully pathetic whilst saving the treasury £billions in saved care costs. It's slave labour described as support for carers
Not to mention that it’s nigh on impossible to get meaningful employment if you are a carer. Carers Allowance is also pitifully low and the Xmas bonus an insult.
I would like to see carers getting free dental, prescription, plus all the same benefits as the people on other benefits. Plus, the money should be a lot more because they save the country billions.
Hi Martin, when you share images please can you use ALT text so people using screen readers can access them too. It's important for all types of image but especially so when you're using them to share information like with this one 🙂
Really glad you're looking at the 'big cause' as it does seem like the focus is on reclaiming money for the treasury (understandable...) rather than is the money going to the right people. Tapering not perfect but less destructive. Thanks for your work x I'm cared for. Its very hard to do much more
This is absolutely crucial, Britain runs on unpaid or low paid carers and surely it makes more sense to work like Universal Credit does if you earn a bit more you lose a bit rather than the whole lot.
The more cynical amongst us would say that there will be no serious engagement with the issue. Our Benefits and Entitlements system increasing echoes the US health insurance nightmare.
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