About 1,500 Britons a day quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers
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More than a million people have left work to look after loved ones in the past two years, Carers UK says About 1,500 Britons a day are quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers, as they try to balance their vulnerable relatives’ growing care needs with declining access to state-funded social care services. Research estimates that more than a million people have left the workplace to look after ageing, ill and disa…
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- About 1,500 Britons a day quitting their jobs to become unpaid carersThe Guardian World