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Carers Lose Whole Benefit Over a Penny, Fix Due 2031

Whitehall Discovers Subtraction, Needs New Computer LONDON: The British government has reached a landmark conclusion: earning an extra penny should not cause a person to lose an entire benefit. Carer’s Allowance Cliff Edge to End After Years of Campaigning That breakthrough, previously available to anybody who completed primary-school arithmetic, is expected to become operational in 2030–31. Whitehall has congratulated itself for discovering a principle that supermarket loyalty schemes mastered before…