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‘Allowance rise for unpaid carers will not be permanent’

THE increase in the six-monthly allowance paid to unwaged carers will not be permanent, Labour has claimed.

From December, the allowance doubled to £462.80.

MSPs unanimously backed the Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill in Holyrood on October 7, which brought in the increase.

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