Charity calls for action on ‘shameful’ poverty levels among carers

Today the Health Foundation published new research which shows UK carers are twice as likely to live in poverty than average workers. ‘Caring for older people and disabled people is vital and fulfilling work, but it has long been underpaid and undervalued,’ Lucinda Allen, policy fellow at the Health Foundation, said. ‘Sadly, it is not … Continue reading Charity calls for action on ‘shameful’ poverty levels among carers