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• UK carers face fraud prosecutions and fines due to overpaid benefit

  07-10-2018 17:47
  Campaigners say DWP’s move to recoup money paid out is ‘not welfare priority’More than a thousand carers face being prosecuted for fraud as the government attempts to claw back overpayments to people who have been looking after sick and elderly relatives from the poorest communities, the Guardian has been told.Another 10,000 carers could face fines, as the Department of Work and Pensions prepares to recover money mistakenly paid out over several years. Continue reading...
  
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• UK carers face fines and fraud charges because of overpaid benefit

  07-10-2018 17:47
  Campaigners say DWP’s move to recoup money paid out is ‘not welfare priority’More than a thousand carers face being prosecuted for fraud as the government attempts to claw back overpayments to people who have been looking after sick and elderly relatives from the poorest communities, the Guardian has been told.Another 10,000 carers could face fines, as the Department of Work and Pensions prepares to recover money mistakenly paid out over several years. Continue reading...
  
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• Tens of thousands of children in England rejected for mental health treatment

  07-10-2018 09:34
  Even with evidence of self-harm many children are turned away, report findsMore children than ever are seeking specialist mental health treatment in England but tens of thousands are being turned away despite evidence of self-harm or abuse, according to a report.An investigation by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) found that referrals to children’s mental health services in England had increased by 26% over the last five years – but nearly one in four of those were rejected, mean
  
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