Many carers hit with demands to repay more than £20,000 despite reforms
Data shows 32,559 earnings-related overpayments in 2025-26 after DWP’s measures to end carer’s allowance scandal
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 earnings-related overpayments, despite the introduction of measures over a year ago designed specifically to prevent carers falling foul of the system.
Source: Theguardian.com
Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/18/scores-of-carers-overpaid-more-than-20000-last-year-despite-reforms