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Carer's Allowance is a non-contributory benefit in the United Kingdom ... (middle or higher rate for personal care), ... £69.70 per week from April 2022 to 2023. It ...
The Carer's Leave Bill was introduced into the House of Commons in September 2022 by Wendy Chamberlain MP. It was supported by the government and passed as the Carer's Leave Act 2023 (c. 18) on 24 May 2023. It gives a new right for UK employees with caring responsibilities to have up to one week of unpaid Carer’s Leave each year.
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 ...
The statement also claimed that the "UK was bottom of the table on numbers of doctors, nurses, beds, intensive care units, respirators and ventilators", [56] and that funding of healthcare has been inadequate since 2010, [56] suggesting that the state the NHS found itself in at the outbreak of the pandemic had not been an overnight shift, but ...
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Disability Allowance is payable to disabled people over 16 and under 66 years of age. The disability must have continued, or be expected to continue, for at least 12 months. It must cause substantial restrictions in undertaking work that would otherwise be suitable for a person of your age, experience and qualifications.
After the assessment, a report from an official at the DWP decides on entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance (or to an enhanced rate of Universal Credit). The process also decides whether a successful claimant is able to take part in 'work-related activity'.
The benefit cap is a UK welfare policy that limits the amount in state benefits that an individual household can claim per year. It was introduced by the Cameron–Clegg coalition government in 2013 [1] as part of the coalition government's wide-reaching welfare reform agenda which included the introduction of Universal Credit and reforms of housing benefit and disability benefits.