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    Home - UK News - Hundreds of thousands hit by ruinous carer’s allowance penalties, audit shows
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    Hundreds of thousands hit by ruinous carer’s allowance penalties, audit shows

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    Hundreds of thousands hit by ruinous carer’s allowance penalties, audit shows

    Hundreds of thousands hit by ruinous carer’s allowance penalties, audit shows

    Campaigners say NAO report shows the impact of DWP staffing decisions and failure to address flaws in the benefit’s design

    Hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers were hit with ruinous penalties for minor breaches of carer’s allowance rules in the five years after senior welfare officials promised to fix the scandal-hit benefit, an official audit has revealed.

    Campaigners said the National Audit Office (NAO) report highlighted the scale of the misery and hardship inflicted on carers over the period as well as the extent of the failure by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to tackle overpayments.

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    David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

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