Here you can catch up with the latest news of interest to carers.

 

Carers Save UK £87 Billion per year

 

A new report published by Carers UK – authors Leeds University have recalculated the amount that carers save the economy, which is £87 billion per year. This is a rise of 52%, an increase of £30 billion, on the last figure of £57 billion, which Carers UK published in 2002....

     

The Government's New Deal for Carers

£33 million has been allocated to support the New Deal which was launched in Feb 07.  The National Carers Strategy is being reviewed and carers have been consulted, via the Ideas Tree, for their views....