UK government dementia adviser resigns over prosecutions of carers

Johnny Timpson says he wants to take a stand' after revelations thousands of unpaid carers are being forced to pay huge fines

One of Rishi Sunak's dementia advisers has resigned over the government's approach towards unpaid carers, describing the prosecutions of vulnerable people as beyond the pale".

Johnny Timpson, who advised No 10 on its dementia strategy, said he wanted to take a stand" after the Guardian revealed that tens of thousands of unpaid carers were being fined huge sums and in some cases prosecuted for minor infringements of earnings rules.