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Carers want support, not sympathy
In one of the biggest scandals of our age, far too many carers are left forgotten and trapped in poverty, writes BERNADETTE HORTON

For decades carers have been lauded but not heard, praised but not rewarded. 

Successive governments have hailed carers as heroes. Party leaders and MPs have eagerly turned up for photoshoots with world-wearied carers and proceeded to trot out the lines of “unsung heroes” “saving the country millions in care costs.” 

But then comes the inevitable walk-away. Photo-op done, issue forgotten about.

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