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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

Kate Garraway: persecution of carers has ‘horrible echo’ of Post Office scandal

Kate Garraway posing for a photo at an event.
Garraway cared for her late husband, Derek Draper, who died in January after being seriously ill for years. Photograph: Ian West/PA

The TV presenter Kate Garraway has said the UK government’s prosecution of unpaid carers for thousands of pounds in benefit payments has a “horrible echo” of the Post Office scandal.

In an emotional intervention on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Garraway said many people had pleaded with her to “please do something” to help those being pursued by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

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