Unpaid carers were pushed into debt and distress and hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money wasted

Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertia

Claimants forced to pay back thousands of pounds tell of ‘horrendous’ court ordeals and of desire for official apology

Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure

Unpaid carers were pushed into debt and distress and hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money wasted