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Carers deliver 'bedroom tax' letters to No. 10
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Jul 11th 2013, 15:30
A delegation of carers has delivered over 100 letters to 10 Downing Street from families affected by the 'spare room' cuts to Housing Benefit.
Carers UK Chief Executive, Heléna Herklots and Carers UK Trustees, Catherine Bingham from Carers Scotland, Mary Trinder from Carers Wales and Kevin Daly and Maryann Finnegan from Carers Northern Ireland, made the delivery to mark 100 days since the policy was implemented.
Carers UK has heard from carers across the country who have been hit by cuts to Housing Benefit designed to affect people with 'spare' rooms. The charity had warned the Government before the changes took effect that many carers and disabled people would be hit by the cut. In shocking new research launched yesterday, Carers UK revealed that only a minority of carers and disabled people were being supported with the extra costs by a Government fund designed to protect disabled people and their families. The interviews with over 100 carers affected by the policy showed that those left having to pay a shortfall in their rent were facing food poverty, rent arrears and even the risk of eviction.
The letters delivered to the Prime Minister included those from carers who said their extra rooms were not 'spare' but essential – carers unable to share a room with severely ill or disabled partners and families caring for disabled children who needed the room for care workers to stay overnight. Other carers said that they are unable to pay but also unable to move away from the essential support provided by friends and relatives nearby which enables them to carry on caring, or that they could not risk the trauma and cost of moving seriously ill or disabled loved ones.
Heléna Herklots, said: "These letters show the human impact of these Housing Benefit cuts – families' anger, stress and sometimes despair as they try to cope with the extra costs of a policy which should not affect them in the first place and the fear that they may lose their homes. These families must not be ignored – the Government must act urgently to protect carers and disabled people from this policy."
A selection of carers' letters have been published here.
Write to your MP to ask them to take action to protect carers and disabled people from the 'bedroom tax'.
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Elderly woman hospitalised after High Street shop smash
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Elderly woman hospitalised after High Street shop smash
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Jul 11th 2013, 15:18
Car coming out of Lidl collides with shop front opposite
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Elderly woman hospitalised after High Street shop smash
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Jul 11th 2013, 15:18
Car coming out of Lidl collides with shop front opposite
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Riding the ageing wave
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Riding the ageing wave
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Jul 11th 2013, 14:05
I feel like I am riding the crest of a global wave. The year I turn 60 is the same year Earth is predicted to hold more people over 60 than children under 14. I know I won't be alone though, as there will be about 2 billion of us over 60, with nearly two-thirds living in Asia.
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Riding the ageing wave
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I feel like I am riding the crest of a global wave. The year I turn 60 is the same year Earth is predicted to hold more people over 60 than children under 14. I know I won't be alone though, as there will be about 2 billion of us over 60, with nearly two-thirds living in Asia.
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Dying NHS patients not treated with dignity, relatives say
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Dying NHS patients not treated with dignity, relatives say
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Jul 11th 2013, 12:01
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Almost half of bereaved relatives of NHS patients say their loved ones were shown a lack of dignity and respect by hospital staff before their death, while a fifth were given treatment they would not have wanted, a new survey has found.
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Almost half of bereaved relatives of NHS patients say their loved ones were shown a lack of dignity and respect by hospital staff before their death, while a fifth were given treatment they would not have wanted, a new survey has found.
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Charity shops 'make people more likely to donate'
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Charity shops 'make people more likely to donate'
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Jul 11th 2013, 12:00
A survey by the think tank Demos for the Charity Retail Association finds six in 10 agree the presence of such shops makes them more likely to give. Fifty-nine per cent of people say the presence o...
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Charity shops 'make people more likely to donate'
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Jul 11th 2013, 12:00
A survey by the think tank Demos for the Charity Retail Association finds six in 10 agree the presence of such shops makes them more likely to give. Fifty-nine per cent of people say the presence o...
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Nurses’ understandings of suitable footwear for older people
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Nurses' understandings of suitable footwear for older people
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Jul 11th 2013, 08:56
The purpose of this research is to gain insight into nurses' understandings of what constitutes suitable footwear for older people in care homes.read more
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Nurses' understandings of suitable footwear for older people
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Jul 11th 2013, 08:56
The purpose of this research is to gain insight into nurses' understandings of what constitutes suitable footwear for older people in care homes.read more
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Psychological well-being and incident frailty in men and women: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
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Psychological well-being and incident frailty in men and women: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
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Jul 11th 2013, 08:36
Observations that older people who enjoy life more tend to live longer suggest that psychological well-being may be a potential resource for healthier ageing.read more
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Psychological well-being and incident frailty in men and women: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
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Jul 11th 2013, 08:36
Observations that older people who enjoy life more tend to live longer suggest that psychological well-being may be a potential resource for healthier ageing.read more
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Over-90s 'defying mental decline'
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Over-90s 'defying mental decline'
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Jul 11th 2013, 08:17
Today's 90-year-olds are surviving into very old age with better mental performance than ever before, Danish research suggests.read more
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Over-90s 'defying mental decline'
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Jul 11th 2013, 08:17
Today's 90-year-olds are surviving into very old age with better mental performance than ever before, Danish research suggests.read more
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Elderly to receive cold weather cash
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Elderly to receive cold weather cash
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Jul 11th 2013, 07:10
OLDER residents in York will receive more than £450,000 from a local charity and a power company, to help keep them warm this winter.
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Elderly to receive cold weather cash
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Jul 11th 2013, 07:10
OLDER residents in York will receive more than £450,000 from a local charity and a power company, to help keep them warm this winter.
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Love, liberation - and plenty of undignified middle-aged sex
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Love, liberation - and plenty of undignified middle-aged sex
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Jul 11th 2013, 06:05
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We over-60s are not behaving like oldies should, says Deborah Moggach
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We over-60s are not behaving like oldies should, says Deborah Moggach
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