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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.
The Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 (c. 15) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom aimed at helping carers achieve fair access to training, ...
Logo. Universal Credit is a United Kingdom based social security payment. It is means-tested and is replacing and combining six benefits, for working-age households with a low income: income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), and Income Support; Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC); and Housing Benefit.
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Personal Independence Payment (abbreviated to PIP and usually pronounced as one word) is a welfare benefit in the United Kingdom that is intended to help working-aged people 16 and over [1] with the extra costs of living with a health condition or a disability. It is available in England, Wales and Northern Ireland but not in Scotland where ...
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The Care Act 2014, which received royal assent on 14 May 2014, and came into effect on 1 April 2015, [29] strengthens the rights and recognition of carers in the social care system; including, for the first time, giving carers a clear right to receive services, even if the person they care for does not receive local authority funding. [30]
The Act was unusual in respect of being one of the few Acts to have started its progress in the House of Lords rather than the House of Commons. [5] The Care Act is a lengthy act (129 clauses in the main part of the Act) addressing many issues: from a review of the public consultation 107 recommendations were made of which many were adopted. [6]