carers reform
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By phil_kent
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Tue 10 Jun 2008 16:41
just wanted 2 say dont get your hopes up as its just labour putin a spin on things..get used 2 your 55 a wk carers allowance because its not going up for many years,the goverment would like u 2 belive it will be going up tho..pure bull if u ask me..whats your opinion?
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- By EL
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Re: carers reform
Wed 11 Jun 2008 07:48I think they all talk out of there backside
- By kerry.
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Re: carers reform
Wed 11 Jun 2008 07:58who gets 55 then? not me for sure, we get 52 each (two boys on high rate dla)
- By mini1here
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Re: carers reform
Wed 11 Jun 2008 12:34i have 2 disabled children they both get the same rate dla but i can only get carers allowance for one of them
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By phil_kent
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Re: carers reform
Thu 12 Jun 2008 09:52sorry my mistake..i care 4 my dad,get ca/plus a pathetic bit of income supp..i think its about time we all had the min wage..if we got the min wage life would be alot better 4 us all.
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By phil_kent
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Re: carers reform
Thu 12 Jun 2008 09:54i also belive any reforms that do happen will take years 2 come into effect..
- By JeanM
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Re: carers reform
Fri 13 Jun 2008 22:43Have you read about the protest Phil?
There is growing support, especially after the fiasco that is the carers strategy.
- By loopy
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Re: carers reform
Mon 16 Jun 2008 18:11well said phil. We should be paid what carers who care for people in a home are paid. After all, isnt that what we are doing?? We are caring for disabled people in our home and therefore we should be paid the minimum wage. I spend half the night watching over my daughter to make sure that she comes to no harm. Perhaps gorden brown and his cronies should come and spend a day with me and see what it is like
- By loopy
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Re: carers reform
Mon 16 Jun 2008 18:19I also work part time and would love to increase my hours. But if i do that then my carers allowance would be stopped and i have worked out that i would be no better off than i am now. So whats the point? If we were all given the minimum wage then life, as you say phil, would be a whole lot easier. Its pathetic and insulting that we have to be grateful for £50 a week.