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To: The Government DWP Department
Removal of Means-testing of Payment for Carers
Make Carers' payments for 24/7 caring - especially those in receipt of DWP Pension - free from means testing and tax.
Why is this important?
Carers are on call 24/7 and save NHS and Social services considerable sums by undertaking their responsibilities as Designated Carers for those partly or wholly disabled. A Carer, in receipt of a State Pension, receives no payment for their costant vigilance because that Pension is more than a Carer's Allowance. Effectively they are working for NHS and Social Services for nothing. It is grossly unfair and the means-testing must be stopped so that Carers' heroic and selfless contribution to society can be properly recognised and remunerated.
