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Sector leader
Dominic King-Carter
director of policy at Carers Trust
June 2026July 2026Aug 2026Sept 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 29 Jun 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Dominic King-Carter: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- director of policy at Carers Trust
- Quoted on
- Unpaid carers
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 29 Jun 2026
04 The signal · where Dominic King-Carter sits on unpaid carers
Leading
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on unpaid carers.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Helen WalkerSector leaderChief Executive, Carers UKLeading
Emily HolzhausenSector leaderDirector of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UKLeading
Kirsty McHughSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Carers TrustLeading
Liz SayceAcademicVisiting Professor in Practice, LSE International Inequalities InstituteLeading- Ramzi SuleimanSector leaderPolicy and Public Affairs Manager, Carers TrustLeading
- Dominic King-CarterSector leaderdirector of policy at Carers TrustLeading
- Lucy PeakeSector leaderchief executive of the charity KinshipLeading
- Jackie GrayClinicianFormer NHS doctor, founder of The Carents RoomLeading
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05 On the record · press
What Dominic King-Carter has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- birminghammail.co.uk
- aol.co.uk
- carehomeprofessional.com
- chroniclelive.co.uk
- communitycare.co.uk
Where Dominic King-Carter has been quoted
- DWP will scrap dreaded rule for 1.4 million benefits claimants tomorrowbirminghammail.co.uk · 27 Oct 2026
- COMMENT: Carers Trust responds to Survey of Adult Carers in Englandhomecareinsight.co.uk · 1 Oct 2026
- COMMENT: Carers Trust responds to Survey of Adult Carers in Englandcarehomeprofessional.com · 25 Sept 2026
- Unpaid carers increasingly under strain and struggling to look after themselves, DHSC survey revealscommunitycare.co.uk · 25 Sept 2026
- DWP overpayments update as 'thousands' must repay up to £20,000chroniclelive.co.uk · 20 Jul 2026
- DWP tells 33,000 claimants to pay back up to £20,000 after investigationbirminghammail.co.uk · 19 Jul 2026
- Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms - AOLaol.co.uk · 18 Jul 2026
- Many carers hit with demands to repay more than £20,000 despite reforms | Carer's allowancetheguardian.com · 18 Jul 2026
- I'm a 20-year-old unpaid carer - my friends are saving for houses I'll never affordinews.co.uk · 29 Jun 2026
How we found the articles that name Dominic King-Carter: we searched news for these terms.
- unpaid carers
- carer's allowance
- carers allowance
- carer's leave
- carer's credit
- Carers UK
- Carers Trust
- young carers
Also searched with “unpaid carers” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Unpaid carers
Verbatim
“The review is looking to get rid of the earnings cliff edge, which was at the heart of the overpayments scandal.”
“These figures lay bare the extraordinary pressure being placed on unpaid carers across England. More than a third are providing at least 100 hours of care every week, over half are struggling to look after themselves properly, and almost seven in ten have less social contact than they would like or feel socially isolated.”
“These figures lay bare the extraordinary pressure being placed on unpaid carers across England. More than a third are providing at least 100 hours of care every week, over half are struggling to look after themselves properly, and almost seven in ten have less social contact than they would like or feel socially isolated.”
“The contract between carers and the state is broken. Despite the responsibilities carers shoulder, just 1% of local authority adult social care spending goes towards supporting carers themselves.”
“The data bring continued uncertainty to carers who fear they will be caught up in the system. We can now see this is an even bigger challenge than we previously thought.”
“The data bring continued uncertainty to carers who fear they will be caught up in the system. We can now see this is an even bigger challenge than we previously thought.”
“The data bring continued uncertainty to carers who fear they will be caught up in the system. We can now see this is an even bigger challenge than we previously thought.”
“The data bring continued uncertainty to carers who fear they will be caught up in the system. We can now see this is an even bigger challenge than we previously thought.”
“Young carers will not be on a level playing field with their peers until they receive sufficient support at school, from the earliest possible stage”
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