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Carers' struggle for cash benefits

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Six million people in Britain who look after elderly or disabled relatives face an unnecessarily complicated and confusing benefits system, according to MPs.

The Public Accounts Committee says that people have to ''jump through hoops'' to get the benefits they are entitled to.

Alison Holt reports.

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