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Carers

My hon. Friend is making an excellent point. The Government have said that they do not want piecemeal reform, but aspects of the system within which the carer's allowance works could be altered with no impact on the debate about a future single working age benefit. For example, those on the minimum wage receive an increase in that minimum wage in the autumn, and carer's allowance is uprated in April/May, so workers who receive carer's allowance sometimes find that they must stop work or reduce their hours or they will lose their entitlement to the allowance. That could be examined separately.