This year's Carers' Week sees the publication of the government's Carers Action Plan, subtitled "Supporting carers today" - something I suspect every single family carer in the country would agree is needed.
Perhaps a good start would be paying carers at the rate of the National Living Wage, rather than the current Carer's Allowance, for which only some are eligible, and which comes with a "cliff edge" over which you fall, losing all benefit as soon as you earn over £120 a week. Incidentally, 16 hours work takes you over that limit – meaning that carers have to choose between losing Carer's Allowance or losing benefits such as free childcare for their three and four year old children, which depend on working at least 16 hours...