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Taf · 05-02-2019, 10:38

15% of the working population is "now working and caring".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-47116657

I was lucky in some sense when I was made redundant (by NTL just before it became Virgin) just as our twins started to need a heck of a lot more care.

But £64.60 (taxable) for a MINIMUM 35 hour week as a Carer is a slap in the face.

05-02-2019, 10:38	#1
Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 68 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 9,812	Working and Caring 15% of the working population is "now working and caring". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-47116657 I was lucky in some sense when I was made redundant (by NTL just before it became Virgin) just as our twins started to need a heck of a lot more care. But £64.60 (taxable) for a MINIMUM 35 hour week as a Carer is a slap in the face.