Welfare bill passes but carers must be put at the heart of future reforms, Carers Trust warns
The Government has won a vote by MPs on its benefit cuts but has pushed back its planned changes to Personal Independence Payments.
The Government has won a vote by MPs on its benefit cuts but has pushed back its planned changes to Personal Independence Payments.
Carers Trust is pleased the Government stepped back from immediate and brutal welfare cuts. However, we’re still concerned about how measures in the bill might apply to future claimants, risking pushing many carers into poverty.
The Government's cuts to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will have a devastating effect, Carers Trust has warned.
This Carers Week, young carers from across Scotland are heading to Edinburgh Zoo for a special day out, thanks to Carers Trust Scotland and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
The free event gives young carers the chance to take a break, connect with others and enjoy some fun — recognising the vital role they play and the challenges they face every day.
Carers Trust says unpaid carers will feel completely abandoned by the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review.
To mark Carers Week 2025, Change Mental Health and Carers Trust Scotland have relaunched A Menu of Questions for Carers — a free, updated guide to help unpaid carers feel heard, informed and empowered when navigating mental health services.
It is shocking that young carers are still not being recorded by the vast majority of schools, three years after the school census started asking about them, Carers Trust says.
Carers Trust urges the Government to think again on its benefit cuts.
The Government's decision on overseas care worker recruitment is a major blow for the sector and unpaid carers, Carers Trust says
Carers face crisis-level pressures as social care fails them - read why urgent government action can’t wait any longer.
The Casey Commission must put unpaid carers at the heart of social care reform - real change is urgent and long overdue.
Kirsty McHugh responds to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, highlighting £1 billion in cuts that threaten 150,000 carers. Read her full statement.
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