UK budget to scrap 'cliff-edge' rule that penalised unpaid carers

The UK will abolish the rule that stripped unpaid carers of their whole weekly carer's allowance of £86.45 if they earned even a penny over the £204 limit. Chancellor John Healey is set to announce a digital taper system in Wednesday's budget. The rule had left hundreds of thousands of carers with large debts, and some were even convicted of fraud.