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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care (Baroness Merron) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 November 2024

Debate

Carers and Poverty: Carers UK Report

Contribution

My Lords, from these Benches I pay tribute to the memory of our dear and noble friend Lord Prescott. I thank Carers UK for its report, which, importantly, as my noble friend said, is raised on Carers Rights Day. We will take the findings into account as we continue to support unpaid carers, whose major contribution I pay tribute to. We have announced an increase to the carer’s allowance earnings limit. Carers can earn around an additional £2,000 per year. This is the biggest uplift since the allowance was introduced in 1976. Furthermore, we will review the implementation of carers’ leave.

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