Why unpaid carers are having to pay thousands to the government
134,500 unpaid carers have been asked to pay back over £250m because they have gone over their hours when receiving Carer's Allowance.
Ciaran Fitzpatrick
Reporter, ITV News Meridian
Follow @CiaranFitz_Ciaran is an On-Screen Journalist for ITV Meridian, covering all the big stories in the Thames Valley. Prior to this, he previously worked at ITV Central and ITV Border.
Sir Ed Davey calls carers overpayments a 'scandal of huge proportions'
Many people were threatened with criminal prosecution over breaches of earning limits. It's thought 134,500 people are impacted.
Unpaid carers told to pay back £250 million in overpayments
It's thought 134,500 unpaid carers are affected by carer's allowance overpayments in what has been described as 'a scandal of huge proportions'.