‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak out pred 1 dnevom, 17 urami in 26 minutami Claimants forced to pay back thousands of pounds tell of ‘horrendous’ court ordeals and of desire for official apologyDWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandalThe carer’s allowance scandal – a timelineVivienne Groom had never been inside the dock of a criminal court when she stood, sobbing and shaking, before a judge last year.She was accused by the government of unlawfully claiming nearly £17,000 in carer’s allowance while she juggled a minimum wage supermarket job with being the sole carer for her dying mother. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal pred 1 dnevom, 17 urami in 26 minutami 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...(The Guardian)
The carer’s allowance scandal – a timeline pred 1 dnevom, 17 urami in 26 minutami Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertiaDWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak outMinisters have announced a major review of the penalties imposed on hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers after a damning independent investigation of the carer’s allowance scandal.The inquiry by Liz Sayce was launched after the Guardian revealed how a catalogue of failures at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had left scores of vulnerable families with huge debts and hundreds with criminal convictions for fraud. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
AI could replace 3m low-skilled jobs in the UK by 2035, research finds pred 1 dnevom, 17 urami in 26 minutami Trades, machine operations and administrative roles are most at-risk, says leading educational research charityUp to 3m low-skilled jobs could disappear in the UK by 2035 because of automation and AI, according to a report by a leading educational research charity.The jobs most at risk are those in occupations such as trades, machine operations and administrative roles, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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