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emily holzhausen care for a relative who has become ill, older or disabled.

Despite rising need, the amount of practical services provided through local councils is falling, with fewer carers receiving support to take a much-needed break and fewer getting carer’s assessments.

This cannot be right and has to change.

We hope to see some of these proposed changes reflected in the Government’s imminent Green Paper on Social Care, particularly around carers’ rights at work, and their incomes.