9 articles tagged with Carers Allowance.
The financial reality of reducing work or leaving a job to care for an elderly parent in 2026/27, covering Carer's Allowance, National Insurance credits and the impact on your own pension.
Statutory Carer's Leave gives eligible employees up to one week of unpaid leave a year — a separate right from the means-tested Carer's Allowance benefit. How they work together, and what neither covers.
Carer's Allowance is an all-or-nothing benefit tied to a strict weekly earnings limit. What happens if you accidentally breach it in 2026/27, and how overpayments get repaid.
Grandparents and relatives raising a child under a Special Guardianship Order or informal kinship arrangement often receive an allowance from the local authority — here's how it's taxed, what benefits you can still claim, and a worked example.
How the Carer's Allowance earnings limit works in 2026/27, why it is a hard cliff-edge rather than a taper, and how to avoid accidentally losing the whole benefit by earning just a few pounds too much.
How Carer's Allowance interacts with State Pension, JSA and ESA under the overlapping benefits rule, the earnings limit, and how it compares to the Universal Credit carer element.
Carer's Credit and other NI credits fill gaps in your National Insurance record while you're caring for someone, protecting your qualifying years for the State Pension without paying Class 3 contributions.
How part-time work affects Carer's Allowance, tax and National Insurance in 2026/27, plus the weekly earnings limit, take-home pay and what counts as income.
Carer's Allowance pays £81.90 per week in 2026/27 to people who provide 35 or more hours of care per week. This guide covers eligibility, the earnings threshold, how it interacts with State Pension and Universal Credit, and lesser-known related entitlements.
