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The report discusses the situation of unpaid carers in the UK, highlighting that approximately 5 million individuals provide unpaid care to friends or family members due to illness or disability. The majority of these carers are women, and many face significant challenges, including poverty and barriers to employment. It is noted that 44% of full-time carers live in poverty, and a large majority (91%) feel neglected by the government.

The report advocates for policy changes to support unpaid carers by reducing obstacles to employment and addressing poverty. Key suggestions include extending the recently introduced right to one week of unpaid carers leave to two weeks, establishing paid carers leave, and allowing carers to maintain their job security when taking time off for caregiving duties.

Additionally, the report proposes implementing an employment insurance scheme to provide financial support during periods of leave for caregiving, similar to maternity leave. It emphasizes the need for flexible policy options to accommodate the diverse circumstances of carers across the UK. Immediate and systemic reforms are necessary to improve the conditions of unpaid carers and prevent them from falling into poverty.

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Here are some articles that are similar in theme to the video regarding the challenges faced by unpaid carers in the UK and proposed policy changes to support them:

1. **"The Hidden Economy of Care: Understanding Unpaid Carers in the UK"**
This article delves into the economic impact of unpaid caregiving, discussing the demographics of carers and the often-overlooked contributions they make to society. It also explores the financial and emotional challenges faced by many carers.

2. **"Towards a Fairer Future: Supporting Unpaid Family Carers"**
This report outlines existing policies related to caregiving in the UK and evaluates their effectiveness. It provides recommendations for improving support systems for unpaid carers, including financial incentives and enhanced leave policies.

3. **"Paying the Price: The Financial Burden of Unpaid Care Work"**
This article examines the financial implications of providing unpaid care, with a focus on the socioeconomic status of carers. It highlights the risks of poverty and employment instability faced by a significant portion of the caregiving population.

4. **"Navigating the Caregiving Landscape: Challenges and Solutions for Modern Carers"**
This article discusses the various challenges faced by unpaid carers today and provides a series of policy recommendations aimed at alleviating these burdens, including mental health support and job protection measures.

5. **"Caring for Carers: The Need for Comprehensive Policy Reform"**
This piece calls for extensive reforms in government policy to better support unpaid carers, highlighting the need for paid leave, financial assistance, and job security measures to reduce their economic vulnerabilities.

6. **"Unseen Contribution: A Study on the Impact of Unpaid Care in the UK"**
This study presents data on the scale of unpaid care in the UK and the demographics involved. It discusses policy initiatives that could enhance support systems for these individuals.

7. **"Gender and Care: The Unequal Burden of Caregiving"**
This article highlights the gender disparities in caregiving roles, emphasizing how women are disproportionately affected by the challenges of being unpaid carers and the need for gender-sensitive policy responses.

8. **"Addressing the Needs of Informal Caregivers: A Call to Action"**
This opinion piece urges policymakers to recognize the critical role of informal caregivers and proposes a range of actionable measures to improve their living and working conditions.

These articles together explore the various dimensions of unpaid caregiving, the demographic dynamics involved, and the pressing need for policy reform to provide adequate support to caregivers in the UK.

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This report basically focuses on the circumstances

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of unpaid carers in the uk.

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So that's anyone who cares unpaid for a friend

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or family member due to illness or disability.

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That means they aren't always able to,

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care for themselves.

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So there's currently about 5 million unpaid

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carers in England and Wales.

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Um, so quite a big proportion of the population.

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Um, and estimates show that around 59% of those are women

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and around one in 10 are minority ethnic.

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Um, and these carers sort of have lots

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of different circumstances.

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Some are working full-time alongside caring

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some care part-time and work part-time,

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and some are sort of very high intensity carers

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where they can't work at all due to the intensity

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of their care and responsibilities.

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Or in fact, they might actually have a disability themselves

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that prevents them from working alongside caring.

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Um, so there's lots, lots of different situations

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that carers could find themselves in.

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Um, but the situation

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for many unpaid carers in the UK currently isn't great.

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Um, so 44% of working age adults who are caring

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for more than 35 hours or more a week.

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So caring full time, currently live in poverty.

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Um, many carers want to continue working return

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to work study, but face lots of barriers to doing so.

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Um, and 91%

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of unpaid family carers currently feel ignored by the government.

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So I think that's where this report sort of came from.

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Uh, why we've been thinking

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that we really need policy change to reduce barriers

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to work, reduce poverty, make sure

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that carers feel they have a voice,

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and just overall kind of improve the state of caring.

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In the uk currently in the uk,

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we've actually just introduced the right

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to one week's unpaid carers leave.

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That's something that, organizations such

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as Carers UK have been campaigning on for a long time,

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and is a really great development.

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But we suggest that this is expanded

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to two weeks pave leave.

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Um, and that's basically with the aim

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that working carers sort of have the peace

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of mind that they have.

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They can have that time off to fulfill short term care

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and responsibilities, every so often.

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So taking the person you're caring to for,

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to a doctor's appointment, for example,

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taking a few days off to help out in an emergency,

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and we want carers to be able to feel that they can do

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that without losing income.

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Um, caring is already difficult, financially

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for many people, comes with a lot of costs.

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And also we don't want people to fear

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that they could lose their job if they have

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to take more than a week's leave.

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Um, you know, they shouldn't be using

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their annual leave to do that.

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There should be a re re replacement for that.

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Um, with paid carers leave,

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and that's your carer case study found that, 33%

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of those who had given up work

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or reduced their working hours to care said

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that paid carers leave would help them return to work

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or increase their working hours.

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There's also a kind of, kind of economic benefit there

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for the UK in Germany.

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It's, paid

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through the benefit system at 90% of earnings.

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Um, and we kind of recommend that this is paid by

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employers in the same way that sick pays, for example,

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that that should come with.

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So, so like I said, so carers don't have

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to worry about losing income

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for things like taking someone they care for, for

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to a doctor's appointment, for example, a right to return

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for carers, would essentially be a entitlement

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to sort of an unpaid, career break for up to 12 months.

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Um, so this is for people who need to take sort

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of a longer period off work for caring.

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Um, maybe, you know,

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they're helping someone recover from an operation,

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someone going through cancer treatment, things

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that might take a number of months.

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Um, and yeah, we suggest that that is sort

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of your employer should be able to hold your job open

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for you, similar to how if you go on maternity leave,

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your job will be there for you when you come back.

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Um, again, just to provide carers with that security

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of income,

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and also to allow employers to retain, you know,

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skilled workers but

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who just might have a caring responsibility that they need

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to, go off work for for a while.

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Um, so yeah, so in the short term

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because of fiscal constraints in the UK at the moment,

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we propose that that is unpaid.

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Um, that's one of the options

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that we suggest in the short term.

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But in the longer term, this could be, part

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of a broader employment insurance scheme where,

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people receive, certain benefits for having to

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go off work for reasons out

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of their control, such as caring.

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Um, and we did do a costing for that,

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that if it was paid at the rate

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that maternity allowance is currently paid,

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it would cost about an extra,

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470 million a year to the ex checker.

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So there's several different, countries

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that have implemented that.

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Um, we have actually,

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some examples in another Fabian report.

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Um, it's called in time of need,

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which looks in more detail at employment insurance.

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But, a really kind of good practice example is Canada,

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who have a sort of separate employment insurance body

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that provides some of these benefits, for,

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things like caregiving,

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but also sort of, go if you need to leave work

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for other reasons as well.

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We are currently proposing, that carers are allowed

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to work for a certain number of hours,

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without losing their entitlement to universal credit.

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So in the uk that's a means tested benefit,

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that people can get if they are out of work,

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and on a, on a low income or not earning.

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Um, so we currently have that in place for,

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a certain number of other conditions.

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For example, if you are the

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Parent of a child or have a limited, capacity to work,

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you might be able to get that work allowance,

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but it's not currently in place for carers.

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So we recommend should be relatively easy to implement

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because it's already in place for those other conditions.

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Um, but we recommend that that is, then sort of,

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implemented for carers as well.

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So they also get that allowance to allow them to be able

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to work a certain number of hours.

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There's no one kind of carer,

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there's carers in the UK are in so many different kinds

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of circumstances and need different policy

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options to be able to fit them.

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Um, so what we really need is a good mix of policy options

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to support those with different work circumstances,

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different caring circumstances.

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And we also need, policies that will have impact now

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to sort of reduce some of these barriers,

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that are pushing carers into poverty, not allowing them

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to be able to work.

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But we also need some more systemic reforms in the longer

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term, such as employment insurance, such

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as greater adequacy in means tested benefits,

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that can be claimed by carers.

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And those we really need to set out the ambition now so

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that in the longer term they can be implemented.

00:00 - This report basically focuses on the circumstances of unpaid carers in the uk. So that's anyone who cares unpaid for a friend or family member due to illness or disability. That means they aren't always able to, care for themselves.

00:14 - So there's currently about 5 million unpaid carers in England and Wales. so quite a big proportion of the population. and estimates show that around 59% of those are women and around one in 10 are minority ethnic. and these carers sort of have lots of different circumstances. Some are working full-time alongside caring some care part-time and work part-time, and some are sort of very high intensity carers

00:41 - where they can't work at all due to the intensity of their care and responsibilities. Or in fact, they might actually have a disability themselves that prevents them from working alongside caring. so there's lots, lots of different situations that carers could find themselves in. but the situation for many unpaid carers in the UK currently isn't great. so 44% of working age adults who are caring for more than 35 hours or more a week.

01:09 - So caring full time, currently live in poverty. many carers want to continue working return to work study, but face lots of barriers to doing so. and 91% of unpaid family carers currently feel ignored by the government. So I think that's where this report sort of came from. why we've been thinking that we really need policy change to reduce barriers to work, reduce poverty, make sure that carers feel they have a voice,

01:37 - and just overall kind of improve the state of caring. In the uk currently in the uk, we've actually just introduced the right to one week's unpaid carers leave. That's something that, organizations such as Carers UK have been campaigning on for a long time, and is a really great development. But we suggest that this is expanded to two weeks pave leave. and that's basically with the aim

02:02 - that working carers sort of have the peace of mind that they have. They can have that time off to fulfill short term care and responsibilities, every so often. So taking the person you're caring to for, to a doctor's appointment, for example, taking a few days off to help out in an emergency, and we want carers to be able to feel that they can do that without losing income. caring is already difficult, financially

02:28 - for many people, comes with a lot of costs. And also we don't want people to fear that they could lose their job if they have to take more than a week's leave. you know, they shouldn't be using their annual leave to do that. There should be a re re replacement for that. with paid carers leave, and that's your carer case study found that, 33% of those who had given up work

02:51 - or reduced their working hours to care said that paid carers leave would help them return to work or increase their working hours. There's also a kind of, kind of economic benefit there for the UK in Germany. It's, paid through the benefit system at 90% of earnings. and we kind of recommend that this is paid by employers in the same way that sick pays, for example, that that should come with.

03:16 - So, so like I said, so carers don't have to worry about losing income for things like taking someone they care for, for to a doctor's appointment, for example, a right to return for carers, would essentially be a entitlement to sort of an unpaid, career break for up to 12 months. so this is for people who need to take sort of a longer period off work for caring. maybe, you know, they're helping someone recover from an operation,

03:45 - someone going through cancer treatment, things that might take a number of months. and yeah, we suggest that that is sort of your employer should be able to hold your job open for you, similar to how if you go on maternity leave, your job will be there for you when you come back. again, just to provide carers with that security of income, and also to allow employers to retain, you know, skilled workers but

04:09 - who just might have a caring responsibility that they need to, go off work for for a while. so yeah, so in the short term because of fiscal constraints in the UK at the moment, we propose that that is unpaid. that's one of the options that we suggest in the short term. But in the longer term, this could be, part of a broader employment insurance scheme where, people receive, certain benefits for having to

04:37 - go off work for reasons out of their control, such as caring. and we did do a costing for that, that if it was paid at the rate that maternity allowance is currently paid, it would cost about an extra, 470 million a year to the ex checker. So there's several different, countries that have implemented that. we have actually,

05:02 - some examples in another Fabian report. it's called in time of need, which looks in more detail at employment insurance. But, a really kind of good practice example is Canada, who have a sort of separate employment insurance body that provides some of these benefits, for, things like caregiving, but also sort of, go if you need to leave work for other reasons as well. We are currently proposing, that carers are allowed

05:34 - to work for a certain number of hours, without losing their entitlement to universal credit. So in the uk that's a means tested benefit, that people can get if they are out of work, and on a, on a low income or not earning. so we currently have that in place for, a certain number of other conditions. For example, if you are the Parent of a child or have a limited, capacity to work, you might be able to get that work allowance,

06:02 - but it's not currently in place for carers. So we recommend should be relatively easy to implement because it's already in place for those other conditions. but we recommend that that is, then sort of, implemented for carers as well. So they also get that allowance to allow them to be able to work a certain number of hours. There's no one kind of carer, there's carers in the UK are in so many different kinds of circumstances and need different policy

06:27 - options to be able to fit them. so what we really need is a good mix of policy options to support those with different work circumstances, different caring circumstances. And we also need, policies that will have impact now to sort of reduce some of these barriers, that are pushing carers into poverty, not allowing them to be able to work. But we also need some more systemic reforms in the longer term, such as employment insurance, such

06:55 - as greater adequacy in means tested benefits, that can be claimed by carers. And those we really need to set out the ambition now so that in the longer term they can be implemented.

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