News
In this section we cover Carers News and Politics, including changes to legislation and correspondence received by the Carers Poverty Alliance.
A summary of the main new items on this site is listed below. For more news and information, please refer to the right-hand menu.
Main News Items
| Message of Support from The Princess Royal Trust for Carers (PRTC) |
| Excerpt: Carole Cochrane, Chief Executive at The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, comments: "The Princess Trust for Carers fully supports the Carers Poverty Protest to highlight the level of poverty faced by carers throughout the UK."....... Full news story here |
| Christine Steel takes Carers Poverty Alliance on Able Radio FM |
| Excerpt: On Tuesday 26th January 2010 at 10.30am Christine Steel from the Carers Poverty Alliance did a live interview on Able Radio FM about the CPA, the protest, the petition and general information about carers poverty....... Full news story and listen to the full interview |
| Government Green Paper - Is DLA and AA under threat? |
| Excerpt: A government green paper has revealed plans to stop paying disability benefits and hand the cash over to social services instead. The consultation period for the green paper ends on 13 November...... full news story |
| Meeting held at Caxton House in on London 13th May, 2009 |
| Excerpt: Six carers met Sir Leigh Lewis, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions, Terry Moran, Chief Executive of the Pensions, Disability and Carers Service and Jeremy Groombridge, Director of Policy at Jobcentre Plus, to talk about their experiences of using the benefits system..... full news story |
| Welfare Reform Bill |
| Excerpt: The Welfare Reform Bill proposes to reform the welfare and benefit system to improve support and incentives for people to move from benefits into work...... full news story |
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