Dear Chancellor,
We are writing to you directly to urge the Government to provide unpaid carers with the additional support they need to care for others safely through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, and to recognise the incredible contribution they have made to date in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic.
To mark Carers Rights Day 2020, which took place on 26th November, Carers UK published a report which estimated that, after just eight months, the value of unpaid care provided during the pandemic stands at £135 billion – staggeringly, that means that each day of the pandemic, the value of carers’ unpaid support has been £530 million.
Previous research Carers UK has undertaken during the pandemic found that the majority (81%) of carers have taken on more care since the start of the pandemic, while nearly two thirds (63%) of carers are extremely worried about how they will continue to manage over winter.
