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DWP waives £1,300 penalty for unpaid carer threatened with fraud prosecution

12-09-2024 18:51

Clemency Jacques is one of 134,500 people repaying £251m in carer’s allowance overpaymentsAn unpaid carer threatened with prosecution for fraud after inadvertently breaching benefit rules has had a £1,300 penalty waived by officials after her case appeared in the Guardian.Clemency Jacques, who cares for her disabled son and elderly mother, said she was given the choice of paying the charge or risking police arrest and a court appearance after running up a £2,600 carer&rsq

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UK politics: No more money for NHS without reform, says Starmer as he outlines vision for health service – as it happened

12-09-2024 18:48

The prime minister blamed the Tories for ‘breaking’ the NHS and said reform of the service was needed Starmer sets out some of the most negative findings in the report.Take the waiting times in A&A - more than 100,000 infants waited more than six hours last year.And nearly a tenth of all patients are now waiting for 12 hours or more.Even Lord Darzi, with all his years of experience, is shocked by what he discovered. It is unforgivable, and people have every right to be angry. Con

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No more money for NHS without reform, says Starmer as he outlines vision for health service – UK politics live

12-09-2024 14:43

The prime minister blamed the Tories for ‘breaking’ the NHS and said reform of the service was needed Starmer sets out some of the most negative findings in the report.Take the waiting times in A&A - more than 100,000 infants waited more than six hours last year.And nearly a tenth of all patients are now waiting for 12 hours or more.Even Lord Darzi, with all his years of experience, is shocked by what he discovered. It is unforgivable, and people have every right to be angry. Con

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Keir Starmer vows to face down ‘loud opposition’ to fix NHS

12-09-2024 13:21

Prime minister promises 10-year plan after Darzi report concludes health service in a ‘critical condition’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has vowed to be bold and face down “loud opposition” to his planned public health measures and NHS reforms after a major inquiry found the health service was “in critical condition”.The prime minister said he was prepared to take “controversial” action to fix the NHS and public health in Engla

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More than a million unpaid UK carers living in poverty, research finds

12-09-2024 09:38

Carers UK estimates 600 people a day quit jobs to care for loved ones and calls for review of benefits systemMore than a million unpaid carers in the UK who look after disabled, frail or ill relatives are living in poverty, with one in 10 experiencing such extreme hardship they struggle to afford to eat regularly or heat their homes, new research shows.Campaigners said carers – routinely lauded by politicians as unsung heroes whose sacrifices help prop up the NHS – were paying the pr

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