Petition Carers allowance should not be a taxable/deductible income

People give up work to care for a loved one and therefore depend on national benefits through no fault of their own.

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the government feel it is acceptable to deduct carers allowance from already minimal benefits people receive. We save government thousands whilst we care as we are not using private care providers

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37 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 37 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 6 November 2019
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