Pay home Carers minimum wage

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

I am a carer for my elderly parents who have many health issues between them, both are disabled and I get £66.15 a week with a £43 top up from income support, this is not enough to live on I take my parents to several appts each week so I need to run a car.

My daughter is 17 and wants to do an apprenticeship but we can’t afford for her to do this as I will lose child tax credit and child benefit

So to feed my daughter and myself if she does an apprenticeship pay my bills and run a car pay towards council tax. I’m also struggling myself with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia and autism so after caring for my parents all day I’m in agony and knackered by the evening and can’t take on a job too.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Pay Carers an allowance equivalent to a fulltime job at the National Living wage

Timeline

18 Apr 2019	Petition opened for signatures
24 Apr 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Apr 2019

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