The government's being urged to provide more financial support for people who care for sick or disabled relatives.
Many women spend some years away from paid employment bringing up children or looking after elderly or disabled relatives.
Still others are pregnant or caring for disabled relatives (4 percent each).
Some people who are contributing to the support of aging parents or disabled relatives can look to basic tax devices to cut their costs.
Businesses are losing increasing numbers of experienced staff who are forced to give up work to care for older or disabled relatives.
She favors tax credits for businesses that create jobs and for families with disabled relatives and children in college or in day care.
The 6.4m carers who look after ill, frail or disabled relatives are thought to save the state £119bn every year.
Creating a Carer's Benefit for the many individuals who forgo normal earnings to look after elderly or disabled relatives.
The same form is used by people who care for other dependents, like elderly or disabled relatives.
Families exhaust their resources trying to provide for disabled relatives.