At the Conservative Party Conference, MP’s met with representatives from Carers Trust to discuss the research that the organisation has undertaken analysing the extent to which councils are meeting their new duties, created by the Care Act 2014, to prevent, reduce, and delay unpaid carers from developing a need for support.

The new report from Carers Trust calls on councils to develop prevention plans to support unpaid carers.

You can find out more by visiting http://www.carers.org/how-councils-implementing-care-act