The Guardian view on unpaid carers: the scandal of their allowances is far from over | Editorial

New rules for checking overpayments are a milestone. But deep concerns remain about the DWP’s approachThe announcement by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of a new regime for checking breaches of carer’s allowance rules is a milestone in the campaign to end the shockingly poor treatment of claimants. Rules directing officials to investigate only half of alerts about suspected overpayments are rightly being ditched. In future, all reports will be checked, so that claima