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Carers UK: 'Time to be bold' with social care plans  

Carers UK responds as Alastair Darling announces that the Government 'will shortly set out' care and support proposals.

Twenty three leading care charities have called on the government to publish the much anticipated White Paper on Care and Support.

Carers UK comment on Age UK report that tomorrow's budget could contain huge cuts to Social Care spending.

Charities representing ill, disabled and older people and their families do not want to see a delay in implementing free personal care in people's homes.

Carers UK has welcomed the new report on social care from the influential Health Select Committee.

Carers UK Trustee Rosemary Whitehurst met Prime Minister Gordon Brown when the Cabinet visited Exeter in February 2010. Read her view of the meeting and what she asked the Prime Minister about carers in an article she wrote for the Exeter Express & Echo.  

Carers UK welcomes Law Commission proposals to overhaul law on care

Carers UK welcomes Lib Dem carers breaks announcement but urges bigger debate

For the first time, it will be possible for an unpaid carer looking after a loved one to build up a full basic State Pension based entirely on National Insurance credits.

Comment from Imelda Redmond CBE, Chief Executive of Carers UK on today's social care conference and Conservative concerns for the role of unpaid carers.

Charity urges all political parties to take action before 'tipping point for care' is reached

Carers UK says social care debate must not be 'drowned out' by party political electioneering   10th February 2010 Carers UK Chief Executive Imelda Redmond CBE said: "The reform of social care is one of the greatest challenges our society faces in the 21st century. Our care system is crumbling as it struggles to cope with an ageing population and people living ...

The charities Age Concern/Help the Aged, Carers UK, Parkinson's Disease Society and Counsel and Care have come together to call for politicians to throw their support behind the Personal Care at Home Bill which is due to have its Second Reading in the House of Lords on Monday 1 February 2010.  

With the Second Reading of the Bill, which will make personal care free to people most in need in their homes, Carers UK is seeking clarification from Government about carers.

Carers UK has welcomed new support for carers from the Department of Work and Pensions, aimed at supporting carers to combine paid work with caring.

One in six carers give up or cut back work to care and face a significant drop in income which can continue for several years. New research by Ipsos MORI for Carers Rights Day shows the average carer in Britain today cares for around six-and-a-half years clocking up an average of 27 hours a week.   With their focus on making sure ...

Carers UK has welcomed the announcement by the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, that carers would a priority group for vaccinations against swine flu.

A delegation of Carers UK members have been to Number Ten to hand in the Carers Poverty Charter which calls for urgent action to improve carer finances.