Millions of people who care for friends and relatives across the UK say their lives are being damaged by a lack of support from their communities and awareness of the
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The number of people caring for someone with cancer in the UK has risen to more than 1.4 million, according to new charity estimates. Macmillan Cancer Support said the number
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The number of people aged 80 and over who are acting as carers has rocketed, a charity said. New estimates suggest there has been a 39% rise in the number
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It’s getting personal. In a good way. When this call for evidence launched in March, then – as now – I was keen to understand the reality of unpaid or
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Alistair Burt, Minister for Social Care and Communities has launched a call for evidence seeking a better understanding of the needs of unpaid carers. How can they be better supported?
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The Scottish Parliament has passed new legislation to improve support for carers despite concerns about its “woefully inadequate” funding. MSPs unanimously backed the Scottish Government’s Carers (Scotland) Bill, which will
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New analysis of Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) data by Which? Elderly Care has found that nearly a third (31%) of unpaid carers looking after an elderly relative
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Carers who look after a disabled adult at home could see their benefits capped further as a result of new policies, a charity has warned. The current cap means full-time
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Since the Children Act 1989 there has been increasing emphasis in UK law and policy on placing children requiring substitute care with family and friends, and the Children and Young
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Kinship carers should be made exempt from the Government’s benefit cap and other welfare restrictions to help prevent children being placed into the care of the state, Alan Johnson has
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