This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Scrap Care Allowance & Bring forward a Non Taxable Carers Incentive Payment.
Carers Allowance should be withdrawn. Bring forward
Carers Incentive Payments :
Based on 35hrs a week care
Under 4 criteria :
1) In paid Employment.
2) Not in Employment non eligible for benefits.
3) Claimants of benefits.
4) Pensioners.
More details
Carers Allowance doesn't work to support us as Carers.
Carers incentive payments will support us to carry on our caring role and benefit us by not restricting our earnings at work.
This will deter and reduce extended benefit claims.
Those unable to seek employment should be placed above the unemployment rate.
Pensioners and universal credit claimants will have financial acknowledgement for ther caring roles.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We understand that you're concerned about how Carer's Allowance currently operates, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to replace Carer's Allowance with.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Pay Carer's Allowance in addition to any other benefits or state pension: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/612708
Increase Carer's Allowance to equal 35 hours at the National Living Wage
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/599102
If you want something else, email us at petitionscommittee@parliament.uk and we can try and help you start a new petition.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.