2 h. ago Care home boss who abused young females then fled to India blames his victims

Naijil Paul fled to India before he was due to stand trial in 2019 accused of sex offence charges. Now he has been jailed for nearly eight years after being extradited back to the UK

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45 h. 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...

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4 d. 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.

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5 d. 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.

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5 d. ago Civil servant who didn't turn up for work for ten years but was still getting paid is jailed for five years and fined $1m in Kuwait

Court documents revealed that the worker, who has not been named in local Kuwaiti media, worked in the citizens' service department but did not perform any of his duties for 10 years.

Economics

7 d. 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

8 d. ago Dining across the divide: ‘I was nervous – was he going to attack me for being a snowflake?’

A Green-party globalist and a right-of-centre Tory clash over immigration. Would they see eye to eye over reparations?Peter, 34, LondonOccupation Former civil servant, now a student, studying public health Continue reading...

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1 week ago French civil servant 'drugged 200 women during job interviews'

Over 240 women were allegedly given spiked teas and coffees during job interviews by one French civil servant, who police say kept a spreadsheet of the apparent details

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1 week ago French civil servant 'drugged more than 200 women during job interviews so they would uncontrollably urinate'

Christian Nègre is under formal investigation over claims he laced coffees and teas before taking candidates on long 'walking interviews'.

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1 week ago ‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant

In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out hereWhen Sylvie Delezenne, a marketing expert from Lille, was job-hunting in 2015, she was delighted to be contacted on LinkedIn by a human resources manager at the French culture ministry, inviting her to Paris for an interview.“It was my dream to work at the culture ministry,” she said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Woman on £27k can't afford heating and only shops for food 'once every 5 weeks'

Civil servant Julie Prince says her friends refuse to visit her freezing home

Economics

1 week 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

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1 week 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...

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves' life from 'girlie swot' to famous sister and rarely

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has two children with her husband Nicholas Joicey, who is a senior civil servant, and has previously spoken about the challenges of being a working mum

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2 w. ago Group of Epstein abuse survivors say they have received death threats

In a signed statement, 28 victims say they are bracing for blame for their abuse and threats of harmA group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse have warned they have received death threats and are worried about an escalation as they wait for the release of the files related to the late paedophile financier.In a statement titled “What we’re bracing for”, the women said they had received threats of harm and asked police to investigate and protect them. Continue reading...

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2 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

3 w. ago DWP confirms new rules for people on PIP, DLA or Carer’s Allowance

Some people could see breaks in their benefit payment unless they take action.

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3 w. ago New calls for pensioners to get full Carer’s Allowance payments

People cannot currently receive the full amount of their State Pension and Carer’s Allowance at the same time.

Economics

3 w. ago DWP issues update on plans to review benefit claimed by 1.4m people

Carer's Allowance is a benefit offered to those who care for someone for at least 35 hours a week

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3 w. ago Angus Robertson accused of 'throwing civil servant under bus' over Historic Scotland scandal

Critics said Angus Robertson, the SNP Culture Secretary, had been ‘asleep on the job’

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