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Powys Council is to write to Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling on him to increase the Carers Allowance by £20 per week. A motion put forward by Liberal Democrat, Cllr Jackie Charlton to “stand up for carers” was approved at a full council meeting on Thursday, March 4. Cllr Charlton, (Llangattock) said: “It demonstrates how much we value carers. “At the end of 2019 in Powys there were approximately 2,627 carers entitled to Carers Allowance, 1,563 received the allowance.” This means that 1,064 Powys residents don’t claim the £67.25 weekly allowance. Cllr Charlton explained that unpaid carers save the Welsh Government at least £8 billion per year when comparing the hours they work, and how much paid carers could earn in the same time frame. ....