Carer's allowance review: Govt and Tories must apologise to carers

EMBARGO: Immediate release

Responding to the review into the carers allowance scandal, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey MP said:

“The Government and Conservative ministers should apologise to the tens of thousands of carers who were treated so disgracefully in the last Parliament, having ignored all the evidence that this was a failing, broken system, out of step with the law.

“We welcome that cases will be reassessed. But I’m worried that many carers face many more months of being hounded, with changes not due to come into force for another year. This would be an unacceptable and shameful further injustice. The government must instruct DWP officials to immediately suspend repayments during that delay, and swiftly deliver compensation to all those who have suffered."

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