Carers UK has joined an unprecedented group of leaders from local government, NHS and social care services, businesses and unions in an open letter calling on the Prime Minister to take urgent action to tackle a growing crisis in care for older and disabled people.

Carers UK calls for care growth strategy as new figures show cost of families forced to give up work to care reaches £1.3bn Carers UK has today joined with business leaders to call for a new strategy to stimulate growth in services to support older and disabled people and deliver…

Couples with children who are receiving Working Tax Credit where one partner is receiving Carer’s Allowance are at risk of losing their full tax credits unless they contact the Tax Credit Office by 6th April. From the 6th of April the Government is increasing the number of hours a couple…

Carers UK and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) are launching a new reablement briefing at the Southwark Resource Centre today.

Following a joint campaign with other family charities and unions, Carers UK has welcomed a Government decision to exempt carers from changes to Working Tax Credit which could have resulted in the loss of almost £4,000 a year in tax credits.

In a new report published today, Carers UK has called for a technological transformation to support families caring for ill, frail and disabled loved ones.

Around 1,000 older and disabled people, carers and people with long-term conditions from across the country will today travel to Parliament to give MPs a clear message: act now to end the care crisis.

Freedom of Information Act request attracts over 75 per cent response The interim findings of a new campaign, which suggest that one in five local authorities is failing in its equality duty to black and minority ethnic (BME) communities when planning cuts, will be launched at the House of Commons…

Malnutrition and caring: The hidden cost for families, a report from Carers UK in conjunction with Nutricia, has won support from parliamentarians and nutrition professionals. The report, launched in February, highlights that too many families are struggling to cope with the lack of nutrition advice and support currently available, and…

Nominations are now being taken for the Carer’s Award for the Great British Care Award finals. We are looking for unpaid carers to join the current winners from some of the regional awards that took place last autumn. Deadline for entries is 14th May 2012.