25-11-2025 21:07 via theguardian.com

‘Outdated and ever less fit for purpose’: five takeaways from the carer’s allowance report

Dysfunctional DWP failed to notify some carers that they were accruing enormous debt for years, Liz Sayce’s damning report revealsFull story: Ministers urged to apologise after review finds systemic failures led to carer’s allowance crisisOf all the devastating passages in Liz Sayce’s 146-page criticism of the government’s failing carer’s allowance system, one above all leaps out. It describes how some felt so “overwhelmed”, ashamed and criminalised they
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