Carers face £200 income cut in crisis package snub
The Independent|May 28, 2022
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has accused the chancellor of treating carers with 'utter disdain'
ANDREW WOODCOCK
Carers face £200 income cut in crisis package snub

Britain's 1 million unpaid carers are facing a real-terms cut to their income of more than £200 after being excluded from Rishi Sunak's cost of living package, the Liberal Democrats have warned. With the carer's allowance increasing by just 3.1 per cent from £67.60 a week to £69.70, rocketing inflation means claimants are taking a combined hit of £193m this year, after inflation of 9 per cent is taken into account, the party said.

There was dismay on Thursday when it emerged that a one-off payment of £650 to help benefit claimants with living costs was going to recipients of universal credit, tax credits and income support, but not those getting the carer's allowance. The Carers Trust charity said that the group had been "forgotten" by the government, despite having long faced a cost of living crisis due to the need to give up paid work to care for relatives or friends.

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