Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms
•Over 32,000 unpaid carers faced overpayments totaling £33 million in 2025-26.
•Many were asked to repay more than £20,000, risking prosecution due to system failures.
•Despite recent reforms aimed at preventing these issues, problems with carer's allowance persist.
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldDWP brought in measures to tackle carer’s allowance scandal yet in 2025-26 there were 32,559 overpayments
Scores of unpaid carers were hit with demands to repay sums of more than £20,000 and hundreds more put at risk of prosecution last year as a result of official failures in what appear to be continuing problems with carer’s allowance.
New figures showed carers were asked to repay £33m in 2025-26 as a result of 32,559 overpayments, despite the introduction of measures over a year ago designed specifically to prevent carers falling foul of the system.
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→Over 32,000 unpaid carers faced overpayments totaling £33 million in 2025-26.
→Many were asked to repay more than £20,000, risking prosecution due to system failures.
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