• The Guardian view on unpaid carers: labour, even if it is for love | Editorial

    The Guardian view on unpaid carers: labour, even if it is for love | Editorial
    A growing number of people spend more than 20 hours a week caring for relatives or friends. They deserve more supportThe support for unpaid carers, of whom there are 5 million in England and Wales, is not good enough. The latest census release, showing that about 1.5 million carers spend more than 50 hours each week caring for elderly or disabled relatives, is an opportunity to address this. While the total number of unpaid carers has fallen by 600,000 since the last census – the pandemic

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