Carers hugely disappointed by promises

By Dan Buckley

The association’s chairperson, Frank Goodwin, said that even the promise to give the full-time allowance to a further 9,000 carers is unlikely to be realised.

“We were promised great things in this budget but the indications are that it is no different to former budgets. We are now being told that another 9,000 will get the allowance but past experience has shown us that this is unlikely to be delivered. This is just another token gesture to carers,” he said.