Carer’s allowance report a vivid insight into failings of an unfit system

Little wonder welfare ministers were so reluctant the publish the study they commissioned five years ago

There are plenty of reasons why welfare ministers were reluctant to publish the study they commissioned into unpaid carers’ experiences of carer’s allowance five years ago, and which has after all this time finally emerged under duress.

Back in 2019 they had undoubtedly been chastened by criticisms made by MPs and auditors that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) little understood how a relatively little known benefit was causing oceans of misery and hardship for carers.