Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Stunell (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 22 April 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 45 members in total.

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EFFECT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE 10 PENCE TAX RATE ON CARERS

That this House notes that carers' earnings cannot exceed ??95 net per week in order to qualify for the carer's allowance benefit, that maximum individual earnings combined with the carer's allowance equates to only ??7,568 per annum and, as a result, working carers are in the group affected by the abolition of the 10 per cent. tax rate; further notes that most carers care for adults and are thus not entitled to child tax credits, nor do they qualify for working tax credits because they cannot work the requisite hours; believes that carers make an invaluable contribution to society; and urges the Government to take the opportunity when publishing its forthcoming National Strategy for Carers to help those carers made worse off as a result of last year's budget.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1384 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Charles Kennedy

Paul Robert Holmes

Andrew George

Sandra Gidley

Nick Harvey

Subjects

Carers Income tax Pay Poverty Carer's allowance

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk