Submitted on Wednesday 20th March 2019
Rejected on Monday 25th March 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Increase the amount of carers allowance to the national minimum wage
This petition is asked, for the carers allowance to be raised to the national minimum wage,
Carers have to devote a minimum of 35 hours per week to provide care for a disabled person - the allowance is of only £64.20 per week.
The government set our national minimum wage,
They also state the hours required to receive carers allowance must be 35 or more, leaving less sufficient time to maintain a second job,
£64.20 after working 35 hours is equivalent to £1.80 per hour,
How can a carer live, pay the bills, and survive ???
Some of the carers have absolutely no choice to care, for a sick member of their family, some of them being young or ill them selfs- but have to settle for £64.20 p/w!!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/234864
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