LIVE: Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers the 2024 Budget statement
The £30 uplift will be the largest increase in the threshold since the benefit was introduced in 1976.Ms Reeves said: "That means a carer can now earn over £10,000 a year while receiving Carer’s Allowance allowing them to increase their hours where they want to and keep more of their money."RACHEL Reeves will be grilled in a special Budget edition of The Sun’s Never Mind The Ballots show today.
"This new measure will help many more unpaid carers up and down the country to stay in paid work, putting much needed finances into families' pockets." Martin Lewis said: "Good news. The Carers Allowance earnings threshold will be increased from £151 to at least £181 in the #Budget tomorrow, starting April 2025.CARER'S allowance is a UK benefit designed to help people who have caring responsibilities for more than 35 hours each week.
You must normally live in England, Scotland or Wales or live abroad as a member of the armed forces You cannot be subject to immigration controlYour earnings must also be £151 or less a week after tax, National Insurance and expenses."So carers can earn more and still receive the allowance.
In response to the overwhelming number of repayment demands issued to claimants, the DWP's independent review, in collaboration with the former chief executive of
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