9 d. ago Linlithgow MSP highlights carers support across West Lothian

More than 96,000 carers across Scotland received the Carer’s Allowance Supplement payment with money being paid into accounts from Thursday, December 4.

Politics

1 week ago DWP announce plan to get more young people in two parts of Wales in to work

Young people on benefits parts of Wales are going to be offered construction and hospitality work

Politics

1 week ago Senior DWP civil servant blames victims for carer’s allowance scandal

Neil Couling said failings by individual claimants ‘at the heart’ of crisis, despite a report finding DWP shortcomings ‘unacceptable’ One of the most senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has placed the blame for the carer’s allowance benefits crisis on victims, many of who have been left with life-changing debts.In an internal blogpost written for Whitehall colleagues, Neil Couling, the director general of DWP services, said individual failings by carers were “at the heart” of the issue that has been likened to the Post Office Horizon scandal. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago New changes to carer benefits for people in Scotland due next year

The Carer’s Allowance case transfer from DWP to Social Security Scotland has been completed.

Politics

2 w. ago DWP confirms new Carer’s Allowance weekly earning threshold from next April

Weekly payments will rise from £83.60 per week to £86.45 from April 6.

Politics

2 w. ago WASPI announces new DWP compensation reconsideration due before end of February

WASPI also said the UK Government has agreed to pay more than half of the campaign’s legal costs.

Politics

2 w. ago Extra £293 payment for thousands of people on carer benefits due this week

More than 96,000 people in Scotland will receive the Carer Support Allowance payment from December 4.

Economics

2 w. ago DWP announces new payment rates from April for State Pension and benefits

The new weekly payment rates for Sate Pension, PIP, Attendance Allowance and working age benefits will start on April 6.

Economics

3 w. ago DWP announces 'major' reassessments of Carers' Allowance following benefit 'mess'

The DWP has announced major reassessments following an official review which concluded that hundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers were left with huge debts due to government failure

Politics

3 w. ago DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal

Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak outThe carer’s allowance scandal – a timelineHundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after a damning official review concluded they had been left with huge debts because of government failure and maladministration.The review, due to be published on Tuesday, was triggered after a year-long Guardian investigation revealed how carers had been hit with draconian penalties of as much as £20,000 relating to carer’s allowance. Some were plunged into hardship, others were jailed. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago New calls to increase weekly Carer’s Allowance payments to £800

An online petition argues that unpaid carers are being paid enough to live on.

Economics