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New national allowance for foster and kinship carers introduced by Scottish Government

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Does anyone have any detail o n how this will affect any benefits or allowances?

https://news.stv.tv/scotland/new-national-allowance-for-foster-and-kinship-carers-introduced-by-scottish-government

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It’s just a fixed minimum rate for foster and kinship care payments, so there should be no change in they way they affect benefit entitlement. Slightly more detail here:

https://www.gov.scot/news/new-national-allowance-for-foster-and-kinship-carers/