
Legislate to allow benefits currently given to the birth parents of children who are currently being cared for by social services or have been passed to family members or other carers to instead be given to those family members or carers doing the caring.
Pat McFadden
Work & Pensions Secretary
Include children not living with one parent in all benefits and housing claims
Exempt Carer’s Allowance in benefit calculations
Permit childminders to claim funding for children who they are related to
Allow full-time students who provide 35+ hours care to receive Carer’s Allowance
Let people claim DLA past age 16 if caring for a non-Gillick Competent adult
Legislate to allow benefits currently given to the birth parents of children who are currently being cared for by social services or have been passed to family members or other carers to instead be given to those family members or carers doing the caring.
Include children not living with one parent in all benefits and housing claims
Exempt Carer’s Allowance in benefit calculations
Permit childminders to claim funding for children who they are related to
Allow full-time students who provide 35+ hours care to receive Carer’s Allowance
Let people claim DLA past age 16 if caring for a non-Gillick Competent adult