Cost of living: Families who care for relatives’ children in crisis
Laura took in her two half-siblings six years ago, but says she is now struggling as prices soar. …
Kinship wants family members who care for relatives’ children to receive a universal, standard, non-means-tested allowance in line with the minimum amounts paid to foster carers in England and Wales, which vary from £137 to £240 a week, according to location and the children’s age.