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Review of unpaid carer debts announced after damning report
The Department for Work and Pensions will reassess 185,000 cases after a review found inconsistent guidance caused historic debts and penalties for unpaid carers.
- The Department for Work and Pensions will reassess 185,000 Carer's Allowance cases in England and Wales starting Tuesday and may cancel or repay historic debts.
- Liz Sayce's year-long review found the 2015–summer 2025 Carer's Allowance guidance was `unclear` and `ill-defined`, preventing many carers from properly reporting earnings.
- Carer's Allowance pays £83.30 a week, the earnings threshold rose to £196 a week from April this year, and a £50 penalty applies for undeclared earnings, affecting carers earning £151 or less.
- After accepting most recommendations, the UK Government pledged to put right failures, while Carers UK chief executive Helen Walker said it is "righting a clear wrong" and "the start of rebuilding carers' trust," Ms Walker added.
- Reclassifying overpayments and modernising processes, the report says, would help carers balance paid work and caring by addressing UC arrears and the `cliff-edge` rule.
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Thousands of Carers to Have Overpayments Reviewed After Decade-Long ‘Scandal’
Thousands of unpaid carers could have historic overpayments cancelled or repaid after a review found many had been faced with huge debts because of “unclear and confusing regulations”. The issue of people being penalised for going over their earnings limit for carer’s allowance even by as little as a few pence per week has previously been branded a “scandal” by charities. A year-long review, the findings of which were published on Tuesday, has c…
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'DWP sent me a letter saying I owed £1,500 - carers are worst-treated in benefits system' - The Mirror
Thousands of unpaid carers landed with huge debts due to government failings could have historic overpayments cancelled or repaid after a damning review published on Tuesday
·London, United Kingdom
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