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As the law stands at present, a person can receive Carer's allowance if they care for a disabled child for over 35 hours a week - this includes nights and weekends. However, if the carer is in full-time education the allowance is withdrawn. A child in special education is often out of the house for 40 hours a week. Why can't this time be used constructively by the carer to pursue a course in full-time education, without fear of losing their hard-earned benefit?

Basically, a carer's only usable free time is when their child is in education. The government has created a system that disables the carer by preventing them from using this time to any good effect (in worthwhile employment or education).

The carer would be paid if they stayed at home and did nothing. This needs to be changed and carers need to be valued for the important job they do and encouraged to use their 'non-caring' time constructively and gain a life of their own too.

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• Dr Sue Bowen
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• Margaret Tucker
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• Richard Priest
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• John Palczynski
• Andrew Tam
• Brenda Bourne
• John F Bailey
• Laura Rickaby
• william cufflin
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• Simon Holden
• Hilary Cresswell
• Dr Kieran Kelly
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• M Mattock
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• Michael Wray
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• Sabiha Rizvi
• jill rowney
• Mark Ditton(petitions.pm.gov.uk/carerscounciltax)
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• Linda Nicholson
• marion mitchell
• Penelope Dinwoodie
• Auxilia (petitions.pm.gov.uk/SENCHILDREN/)
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• natasha (petition to make SEN statements compulsory after diagnosis )
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