A woman and her partner who enslaved her vulnerable disabled husband leaving him to live in squalid conditions have both been jailed for 11 years. Sarah Somerset-How, 49, and George
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One in seven people in the UK faced hunger in the last year due to a lack of money, new research has suggested, with ethnic minorities, disabled people and carers
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Relatives who step up to look after a child in what is known as kinship care should be given paid leave instead of feeling forced to cut their hours or
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At least one in five households with an unpaid carer in some of the most built-up parts of the country have no private transport and have someone who is disabled
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A move to enable unpaid carers to take leave from their day jobs to help dependents is set to become law after clearing its final parliamentary hurdle. Millions are set
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The value of unpaid care in England and Wales has risen by almost a third in a decade and is almost equivalent to a second NHS, a new research estimate
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A charity has called for a new benefit to be paid to older adult unpaid carers receiving the State Pension after 82% of them said in a new report that
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The mother of a disabled child whose energy bill almost quadrupled in a year said she feels the Government is “turning its back” on the most vulnerable families. Karen Tilley
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More than half of children and young adults who act as carers for their family members in the UK say the time they spend caring has increased in the past
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Around one in five 55 to 59-year-olds in some areas of England spend part of their time providing unpaid care, census data shows. The proportion rises to as high as
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