Labour vows to investigate carer’s allowance scandal

Liz Kendall, shadow work and pensions secretary, tells pensioners in Essex repayment demands unforgivable'

Unpaid carers being left with crippling debts and threatened with prosecution after Department for Work and Pensions overpayments is unforgivable" and would be investigated by a Labour government, the shadow work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, told the Guardian.

Speaking on a visit to meet pensioners in the Labour target seat of Thurrock in Essex, Kendall urged voters who felt the party was not being bold enough to view the party's promises as just the steps in a 10-year plan.