in Birmingham
Can you claim Standard allowance and carer allowance together?
Standard allowance If you’re single and 25 or over £393.45 and for carer You could get £81.90 a week if you care for someone at least 35 hours a week and they get certain benefits.
Can you able to get both or will that affect your standard allowance?
They will treat it as a wage and yeah essentially will affect your standard allowance. You can get the carers element on UC which doesn’t affect ur standard allowance