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Nicola Sturgeon pledges cash boost for carers as SNP slams 'cruel' UK benefits system

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Nicola Sturgeon's party will also introduce an improved Carers Assistance payment to replace carers allowance., which will pay a further £10 per week to those who are caring for more than one disabled person.And the party will replace the current UK winter fuel payment with a Winter Heating Payment for older people - maintaining its current rates and not means-testing it.The SNP benefits pledge comes on the fourth anniversary of when the UK Government's controversial welfare reforms took effect.The Tories introduced the so-called "rape clause" that only allows women to claim benefit for a third child if they prove they were born without consent.It was unveiled by then chancellor George Osborne in 2015 and took effect in 2017 despite.

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