‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak out
Claimants forced to pay back thousands of pounds tell of ‘horrendous’ court ordeals and of desire for official apologyDWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandalThe...
By Josh Halliday North of England editor · The Guardian World
Claimants forced to pay back thousands of pounds tell of ‘horrendous’ court ordeals and of desire for official apology DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal The carer’s allowance scandal – a timeline Vivienne Groom had never been inside the dock of a criminal court when she stood, sobbing and shaking, before a judge last year. She was accused by the government of unlawfully claiming nearly £17,000 in carer’s allowance while she juggled a minimum wage supermarket job with being the sole carer for her dying mother. Continue reading...