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Resolution Foundation says unpaid carers on low incomes pay ‘very heavy price’ for looking after loved onesThe carer’s allowance benefit should be overhauled and the basic rate of payment increased to lift more unpaid carers and disabled people out of financial hardship, according to a living standards thinktank.The Resolution Foundation said unpaid carers on low incomes were paying a “very heavy price” – a typical penalty of 10% or as much as £7,000 a year compared with non-carers – for looking after loved ones full-time. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/17/ministers-urged-to-overhaul-and-raise-carers-allowance Author : Patrick Butler Social policy editor Publish date

PM to visit Cochlear base in south-western city; economists wait for jobs figures later this morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA German backpacker who was lost in the Australian outback for 11 nights has been discharged from hospital.Carolina Wilga hit her head in a car crash and left her car in a “state of confusion” before going missing in the Western Australian outback. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jul/17/australia-news-live-albanese-china-chengdu-cochlear-backpacker-carolina-wilga-abs-employment-data-victoria-childcare-nsw-labor-coalition-ntwnfb Author : Martin Farrer Publish date : 2025-07-16 20:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

NHS Fife says there is insufficient evidence against Sandie Peggie as her tribunal case against the trust resumesA nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender woman doctor has been cleared of gross misconduct allegations.Sandie Peggie, who has worked as a nurse for the health board for more than 30 years, is claiming she was subject to unlawful harassment under the Equality Act when she was expected to share a changing room with a trans woman, Dr Beth Upton. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/16/nurse-sandie-peggie-cleared-of-misconduct-in-trans-doctor-changing-room-row-in-scotland Author : Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent Publish date : 2025-07-16 18:19:00

President tries to downplay issue amid growing outrage from conservativesTrump says people interested in Epstein inquiry are ‘bad people’As Democrats reckon with a deep inter-party divide that threatens their ability to repair the party’s image and win back voters, Ken Martin said he was not focused on “internal bullshit” because “most people could care less about the internal drama and soap opera of the Democratic party”.Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, told the Guardian that he knows Democrats have to earn back trust from communities across the country before the midterms. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/16/donald-trump-epstein-files-jd-vance-us-politics-live-news-updates Author