Campaigners call for change to rules as people are denied tax credits for their own children after caring for young relatives Carers who voluntarily scrutinize after younger relatives to stop them being taken into care are being denied thousands of pounds in welfare entitlements as a result of the two-child benefit cap, despite government promises to exempt them.
Campaigners have called on ministers to change rules whereby kinship carers who act as guardians for at least two children are refused child tax credits and maternity grants when they resolve to have a child of their own.
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Source: guardian.co.uk