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Stop taking carers allowance off income based welfare

Submitted on Monday 15th August 2022

Rejected on Wednesday 17th August 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Stop taking carers allowance off income based welfare

Petition Details

Currently Carers allowance is taken off income based welfare. For example income support. Income based esa and universal credit This penalise.families couples who rely on income based welfare. Not all can work and care.

Additional Information

Iam a Carer for my disabled husband He is not eligible for contributions based welfare anything I earn including carers allowance is taken off our joint claim of income based esa.

the government say.We are entitled to a total. Of £219 pw Because we are a couple. Because of caring responsibilities , limited capability for work and in. Esa surport group.Anything I earn Including Carers allowance is taken off that amount £1 for £1 Meaning we are permanently on the bare minimum


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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/612708
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