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I had a nice office job, reasonably well paid, and overnight ive found myself without a job, not allowed to work, all of my pension rights gone and just a kinship carer. wendy gets by on donated food at this community centre. she�*s noticed the cost of everything going up. coffee, a jar of coffee, thats gone up by 50p from one week to the next. if she was a foster carer she�*d be entitled to £137 a week, but there�*s no such guarantee for kinship carers. kinship carers have been strugglin...

Laura was 27 when she got a call from social services, asking her to take in her half brother and half sister. their mother had died. it was really hard. i went from working 60—hour weeks ito working none and doing school. runs and doing hair in the morning. ok, lets go. laura was told by social workers to stop working. the last few years have been a financial struggle. she also now has her own five—year—old daughter. woo—hoo! my children are happy, _ theyre healthy, if you were to meet ...

To a financial allowance, so many of them give up work. they dont get an allowance, and of course they are plunged into poverty. whats worse now is there is a cost of living crisis, so its more urgent than ever that the government steps in. laura was 27 when she got a call from social services, asking her to take in her half brother and half sister. their mother had died. it was really hard. i went from working 60—hour weeks ito working none and doing school. runs and doing hair in the morning...

Lucy, just tell us what needs to change because kinship carers have weve seen in the report are facing real hardship because of the soaring cost of living. real hardship because of the soaring cost of living-— cost of living. nine in ten kinship carers said _ cost of living. nine in ten kinship carers said they _ cost of living. nine in ten kinship carers said they are _ cost of living. nine in ten kinship carers said they are struggling i cost of living. nine in ten kinship carers said they a...

Rights as foster carers to a financial allowance, so many of them give up work. they dont get an allowance, and of course they are plunged into poverty. whats worse now is there is a cost of living crisis, so its more urgent than ever that the government steps in. laura was 27 years old when she got a call from social services, asking her to take in her half brother and half sister. their mother had died. it was really hard. i went from working 60—hour weeks ito working none and doing school. ...

Saudi arabia to increase oil production. the democrats who have concerns about this trip give him that allowance because they know about how important bringing down the cost of gas here in the u.s. is to this administration. if he doesnt do that, i mean, does it make a difference? whats your reaction to hearing that from the president? >> well, he doesnt exactly need to say it out loud. the saudis, the other members of opec, they know that the u.s. and other nations would like opec to produce mo...

Professional accounting bodies have backed an increase to the cents-per-kilometre deduction rate for car expenses effective 1 July.

Cnns rahel solomon has more. >> reporter: american companies small and large from retail to tech reacting friday to the supreme courts decision to overturn roe versus wade. levi strauss saying in a statement, we stand strongly against any actions that hinder the health and well being of our employees which means opposing any steps to restrict access to the full range of reproduct i have healthcare including abortion. starbucks in a letter to employees posted to its website saying, it will always...

PETALING JAYA: There will be an increase in the number of wardens placed in boarding schools, says Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin.

Everything weve heard since columbine, thrown out the window, and hes just making excuses. lying about locked doors. lying about everything else. because he says he doesnt want his officers to get hurt. while children are calling 911, while teachers are calling 911, bleeding out and dying. >> yeah, look, joe, i think theres obviously -- this has been every day that this story has proceeded, the more weve learned about it the worse it gets in terms of institutional failure and human failure. and,...