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What support is there if you need to make Carer’s Allowance repayments?
Unpaid carers have been told to repay thousands of pounds in benefits after accidentally earning too much money years ago. Finance expert Laura Pomfret explains what happened, what your rights are if you've been asked to repay, and how you could get help by paying the money back in instalments. She also discusses how lots of people are entitled to extra benefits they don't know about.
If you want to watch this with subtitles, go to BBC iPlayer and search for Morning Live from 17/04/23.
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