This is an additional allowance paid twice a year to Carers who are in receipt of Carers Allowance from the DWP. Unfortunately when the original addition was allocated by the Scottish Parliament they gave no consideration to those on CA who were forced by new rules to take Retirement Pension when it became due. There was no provision for pro rata payments for those falling into the RP trap part way through the six months between payments.

Molly Nolan our prospective Lib Dem candidate has offered to look into the situation as emails for the last 18 months have been passed round, then ignored.

If anyone is affected by this situation or knows of somebody who is then please get in touch with Molly directly via her facebook page in the first instance.

Thank you for taking time to read this, and hope you can help.