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Carers UK Hosts Glittering Gala to Honour Carers, Community Champions

Carers UK Hosts Glittering Gala to Honour Carers, Community Champions

A celebratory gala held last night (Thursday 16 October) by Carers UK, with support from Phoenix Group, recognised the extraordinary individuals and organisations improving life for unpaid carers across the country. Shortlisted nominees from ten award categories were selected from hundreds of entries and invited to an evening of celebration at Plaisterer’s Hall, London, hosted […]

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Officers Stun as Ten Suspects Jump from Car in Cambridgeshire Hare Coursing Chase

Officers Stun as Ten Suspects Jump from Car in Cambridgeshire Hare Coursing Chase

Police were left stunned when ten men leapt from a single vehicle during a chase through the Cambridgeshire countryside in an operation targeting suspected hare coursers. Rural crime officers on patrol in Balsham, around ten miles southeast of Cambridge, spotted a suspicious SUV packed with men and dogs. When they tried to stop the vehicle,

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Unlocking the Hidden Economy: Supporting Unpaid Carers Could Add £47bn to UK GDP

The UK economy could gain nearly £47.7 billion a year if unpaid carers were better supported to enter or remain in paid work, according to a major new study that exposes the economic price of locking carers out of the workforce. The research, titled “The Hidden Cost of Unpaid Care: The Economic Price of Locking

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