Give kinship carers paid leave on par with adoptive parents, charity urges
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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Unpaid carer households lack own transport and cope with bad health – analysis
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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Right to unpaid care leave set to become law to help millions of people
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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Value of unpaid care in England and Wales equivalent to NHS budget – research
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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Charity calls for new carers’ benefit to be extended to pensioners in Scotland
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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Woman unhappy over offer of council home in Stoke wins ruling to be closer to family
A London woman who complained after a local council offered her accommodation more than more than 150 miles away in Stoke-on-Trent has won a legal fight. Mother-of-three Nadia Zaman argued
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Mother of disabled child feels Government has turned its back on most vulnerable
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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Young carers being hit by ‘perfect storm’ of cost-of-living crisis and increased responsibilities
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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One in five 55 to 59-year-olds in parts of England are unpaid carers – census
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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Plan to fix children’s social care has ‘no vision’ and ‘no ambition’ – Labour
Labour has condemned the £200 million package of measures to fix children’s social care, insisting the plan has “no vision” and “no ambition” for the most vulnerable children. Education Secretary
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