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Benefit cuts will hit family carers over the coming years
Carers ‘disproportionately hit’ by government cuts
Mithran Samuel
Wednesday 04 January 2012 00:13
Carers will be disproportionately hit by government benefit cuts over the coming years, research published today shows.
Tax and benefit changes from 2010-15 will result in a real terms drop of 6% in net income for households where a person claims carer’s allowance, compared with a 4% fall for other households, found an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, commissioned by the Family and Parenting Institute.
Britain’s wealthiest landowner cares for the wounded soldiers
DUKE DONATES £6.25M ESTATE AS CARE CENTRE FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Britain’s wealthiest landowner has converted a country estate into a centre for wounded soldiers
By Kate Cunningham
BRITAIN’S wealthiest landowner has bought a country estate to convert into a £300million centre for wounded soldiers.
The Duke of Westminster intends to donate the 354-acre Nottinghamshire estate of Stanford Hall, near Loughborough.
It has 35 bedrooms, a theatre and a huge outdoor swimming pool and has previously changed hands for £6.25million.
£150m home care boost for elderly patients
£150m home care boost for elderly patients
Ministers have allocated an extra £150m for patients to get care at home after warnings that local authority cuts were creating a “crisis” in social care.
