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Carer's Allowance is a non-contributory benefit in the United Kingdom payable to people who care for a disabled person for at least 35 hours a week. It was first established as Invalid Care Allowance [ 1 ] in 1976, and married women were not eligible.
From April 2023, Carer's Allowance Supplement increased to £270.50 for each payment. [24] In June 2020, an extra Carer's Allowance Supplement payment of £230.10 was paid alongside the standard payment. This was a one-off payment to provide support to carers during the COVID-19 pandemic. [25] In November 2024 Carer Support Payment began ...
Working age benefits in England and Wales, such as Universal Credit, to increase by 6.7% from April 2024 in line with the September 2023 rate of inflation. [19] State pensions to increase by 8.5% from April 2024, in line with average earnings. [19] Local Housing Allowance to be unfrozen and increased to 30% of average rents from April 2024. [19]
The Carers Trust welcomed the review but called for a commitment to write off debts and for a wider review and reform of the “archaic and unfair” Carer’s Allowance system overall.
OBR forecasts biggest fall in living standards on record as Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer accuses chancellor Jeremy Hunt of ‘permanent tax cut for wealthy’
According to Carers UK, and based on the 2011 census around 6.5 million people in the UK provide care on an unpaid basis for a relative, friend or neighbour in need of support due to old age, disability, frailty or illness. The population of carers is dynamic: at least a third of all people will fulfil a caring role at some point in their lives.
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Carers UK is a Trustee-led organisation, with a membership fluctuating between 7-40,000 individual members. Members at the AGM ratify the appointment of the Trustees who must always be a majority of carers. Carers UK has staffed offices in four major UK cities- London (Headquarters), Glasgow, Belfast, and Cardiff. National committees exist in ...