Head of carer’s allowance inquiry blames DWP ‘resistance’ for failure to fix crisis

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Mar 4, 2026 - 17:40
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Head of carer’s allowance inquiry blames DWP ‘resistance’ for failure to fix crisis

Liz Sayce tells MPs some civil servants tried to minimise extent of problems and deflect blame

The head of an official inquiry into carer’s allowance has criticised “forces of resistance” inside the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that undermined ministerial attempts to fix longstanding problems with the much-criticised benefit.

Liz Sayce, whose review of carer’s allowance was published in November, said rather than owning the problems, some at the DWP had tried to “minimise” the extent of the department’s failures and sought to deflect blame for the crisis. Continue reading...

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