Submitted by Kelly Morris on Tuesday 25th November 2025
Published on Monday 5th January 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 5th July 2026
Current Signatures: 1,578
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Tagged with
Allowance ~ part ~ Unfair ~ Universal Credit ~ Universities ~ weeks ~ work
Stop the deduction of carers allowance from people's Universal Credit award
Stop the deduction of Carers Allowance from the carers Universal Credit award, it shouldn’t be treated as an income.
As a carer I am only able to work on a part time basis, due to my caring commitments. However, I find myself, as many others can, worse off. I receive less than £100 a week in carers allowance and then Universal Credit take it all back off me in a monthly sum. When you take into consideration the amount carers save the government by providing care, I believe this is very unfair.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
216.73.217.46 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:28:14 +0100
