Kinship carers in England, including grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends who step in to provide care for children, will now be paid under a new scheme.

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The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that in May there were 936,766 people receiving weekly payments of £69.70 for Carer’s Allowance across the UK, including 81,682 ...

Grandparents, aunts, uncles and family friends who step in to provide kinship care for children are to be paid in seven areas ...

Department previously investigated only 50% of earnings limit alerts, meaning many carers fell into debt ...

The Government has been criticised over the "broken Carer's Allowance" system following a discussion in Parliament on Monday. Dominic Carter, Carers Trust’s director of policy and public affairs, was ...

Claimants of Carer's Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and others will see payment rate rises.

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