Fiscal claim

Abolish carer's means test + living wage

Headline figure

Per-year impact

€700m

Welfare or transfer payment

Total over horizon

€700m

2025 onwards

Confidence

Stated in source

PBP variant of Carer's Allowance reform ≈ €700m/yr.

Attribution & links

Origin
Manifesto
Policy area
Social Protection
First stated
2024-11-14
Last reviewed
2026-05-23

Verification

Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.

Verified against People Before Profit GE2024 Manifesto, p.5: "Abolish the means test for carers allowance and give carers a Living Wage."

Evidence & sources

Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.

Source

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