40-character summary: Unpaid carers face repayment demands and potential prosecution for minor UK benefit rule breaches.
400-character summary: Unpaid carers, who look after disabled, frail, or ill relatives, are facing repayment demands and potential prosecution for minor breaches of UK benefit rules. These carers, who receive the £81.90-a-week carer's allowance while working part-time, are being forced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to pay sums, in some cases reaching over £20,000, due to DWP oversights and confusion within the complex system. Critics call for an urgent overhaul of the carer's allowance, arguing it's unjust for carers, mainly on low incomes, to face such harsh consequences for honest mistakes.
April 07, 2024
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