Carers allowed to earn over the weekly limit without losing out as ‘cliff-edge’ abolished in the budget
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Mon, 26 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World22:30first to report
Controversial mechanism that hit unpaid carers with huge penalties to be scrapped following Guardian investigation The controversial rule that led to unpaid carers being punished with penalties amounting to thousands of pounds is to be abolished, the Guardian can reveal. The chancellor, John Healey, is to announce a new digital taper system for carer’s allowance in Wednesday’s budget, effectively ending what is regarded as one of the UK benefit system’s most feared and unfair administrative...
Tue, 27 October 2026
2 reports- el-balad.com06:24
John Healey is set to announce a Carer's Allowance taper in Wednesday's budget, replacing the £204 cliff-edge rule that hit carers with debts.
- The Guardian World19:48
Digital taper system for benefit expected in budget, but those already hit with overpayments will still have to pay “On the surface it sounds really positive – and I really hope that it is,” says unpaid carer Guy Shahar of the government’s decision to abolish the notorious carer’s allowance cliff edge . But Shahar is angry that most carers hit with unjust overpayments in the past will still have to repay them, for all the promise of a different future. And he notes that the cliff edge remains...