Benefit Cap On Full-Time Carers For Adult Relatives To Be Scrapped

‘The government has finally abandoned its controversial policy of imposing benefit cap penalties on full-time carers for adult relatives, two months after a court found it unlawfully discriminated against disabled people.

The welfare reform minister, Lord Freud, told peers during a debate on the welfare bill on Monday that all those who spend more than 35 hours a week in a caring role would be exempt from the cap.

Charities welcomed the U-turn as “a significant victory” for carers and carers’ rights.’

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