Latest news & features
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Carer's Leave Bill passes Second Reading in House of Lords
03 March 2023 -
Carer Confident employer case study
27 February 2023 -
EfC members, TSB and HSBC UK lead groundbreaking initiatives to better support working carers
23 February 2023 -
Landmark Carer’s Leave Bill passes all stages in the House of Commons
03 February 2023 -
Landmark Bill gains further support ahead of Report stage in Commons
26 January 2023 -
Census 2021 data shows increase in substantial unpaid care in England and Wales
20 January 2023 -
Carer Champions in the workplace help unpaid carers access vital support
14 December 2022 -
Employees can ask for flexible working from day one
06 December 2022 -
12,000 people in the UK become unpaid carers every day
24 November 2022 -
Carer's Leave Bill succeeds at Committee Stage
09 November 2022 -
NHS backlog and shortage of care the ‘perfect storm’ for unpaid carer breakdown this winter, Carers UK warns
08 November 2022 -
The Role of Carer Champions in the Workplace
31 October 2022
Latest news and features
Lesbian, gay and bisexual carers disproportionately impacted by loneliness and financial stress during the pandemic
Monday, 26 September 2022
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual carers were more likely to feel lonely and worried about their finances than their heterosexual peers This group was five times as likely to say they had received reduced support from local charities than heterosexual carers Unpaid carers who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual were more likely to be lonely and worried about their finances during the COVID-19 pandemic, new…
Wendy Chamberlain MP meets top employers to discuss need for Carer’s Leave Bill
Monday, 05 September 2022
Wendy Chamberlain MP led a special event last Friday where prominent employers including Employers for Carers members Centrica, TSB and Phoenix Group met to discuss the benefits of her proposed Private Members Bill to businesses and employees. If successfully passed through Parliament the Carer’s Leave Bill, which was published on the same day as the event, would introduce a landmark new right for UK employees…
Financial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on unpaid carers even harder amongst under-represented groups
Friday, 05 August 2022
Unpaid carers from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds suffered even greater pressures including further economic hardship from the nations’ first lockdowns onwards, new data analysis by Carers UK suggests. ‘The experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Carers during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic’[i] is the latest of a series of reports, building to better understand the adverse impact of the pandemic on all…
Carers Week Round-up
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
This year the theme for Carers Week was making caring visible, valued and supported and all across Carers UK, there were workplace Lunch & Learns, Care for a Cuppas and special events, including a special parliamentary event attended by MPs from across the UK. On the Carers Week website almost 2,600 individual actions were added to the site including over 925 activities and almost 1,400…
Private Member’s Bill seeks new rights at work for unpaid carers
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Millions of working carers could benefit from the new rights Welcomed by Carers UK and Employers for Carers Today, Wendy Chamberlain MP, announced her intention to introduce landmark new rights for unpaid carers in the workplace with a Private Member’s Bill after coming tenth in the ballot. The Bill, entitled the Carer’s Leave Bill, seeks to introduce a right to unpaid leave for employees with…