Head of carer’s allowance inquiry blames DWP ‘resistance’ for failure to fix crisis
Liz Sayce tells MPs some civil servants tried to minimise extent of problems and deflect blameThe head of an official inquiry into carer’s allowance has criticised “forces of resistance” inside the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that undermined ministerial attempts to fix longstanding...
<p>Liz Sayce tells MPs some civil servants tried to minimise extent of problems and deflect blame</p><p>The head of an official inquiry into carer’s allowance has criticised “forces of resistance” inside the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that undermined ministerial attempts to fix longstanding problems with the much-criticised benefit.</p><p>Liz Sayce, whose <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/06/senior-dwp-civil-servant-blames-victims-for-carers-allowance-scandal">review of carer’s allowance</a> was published in November, said rather than owning the problems, some at the DWP had tried to “minimise” the extent of the department’s failures and sought to deflect blame for the crisis.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/04/head-carers-allowance-inquiry-liz-sayce-blames-dwp-resistance-failure-fix-crisis">Continue reading...</a>
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