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PRTC: Political Parties Must Make Pledges for Carers

19th Feb 2010

Carole Cochrane, chief executive of The Princes Royal Trust for Carers was recently interviewed by The Times and called for all political parties to include support for carers in their manifestos. Of all the decisions the political parties have to take before the election in May, one of the most vexed is their manifesto commitments to Britain’s unpaid army of six million carers.

You can click on the links below to read Carol’s interview:

The Times, page 61

To coincide with Carole’s piece in the Times, the PRTC issued a release to announce that The Trust was calling on all political parties to include support for carers in their manifestos -
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For more information, go to: The Princess Royal Trust for Carers or telephone 0844 800 4361