Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms
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Key context: <p>DWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpayments</p><p>Scores of unpaid carers were hit with demands to repay sums of more than £20,000 and hundreds more put at risk of prosecution last year as a result of official failures in what appear to be continuing problems with carer’s allowance.</p><p>New figures showed carers were asked to repay £33m in 2025-26 as a result of 32,559 overpayments, despite the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/15/dwp-overhaul-carers-allowance-checks-overpayment-scandal">introduction of measures </a>over a year ago designed specifically to prevent carers falling foul of the system.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/18/scores-of-carers-overpaid-more-than-20000-last-year-despite-reforms">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
DWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpaymentsScores of unpaid carers were hit with demands to repay sums of more than £20,000 and hundreds more put at risk of prosecution last year as a result of official failures in what appear to be continuing problems with carer’s allowance.New figures showed carers were asked to repay £33m in 2025-26 as a result of 32,559 overpayments, despite the introduction of measures over a year ago designed specifically to prevent carers falling foul of the system. Continue reading...
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