Caring for someone

• Foster carers and shared lives carers
• Tax and benefits for carers
• Pension and National Insurance for carers
• Issues facing paid care workers

The Government published a carers action plan covering 2018 to 2020. This set out their high-level plans and how they intended to improve things for carers during that period. A report showing progress over the first year is available, but no update has been provided yet following the end of the two-year period.