The new benefits system will allow working-age grandparent carers and other kinship carers an exemption from the requirement to find a job for the first 12 months after taking on the care of a child.
Currently grandparent and kinship carers claiming Job Seekers Allowance must continue looking for work as part of conditions for claiming the benefit.
Announcing the measure welfare minister Lord Freud said: “Kinship carers make major sacrifices for their family and friends and help children in difficult situations to remain in a family environment – instead of in the care system.
“We know that taking on a caring role can be a real challenge and that’s why we will give grandparents and other kinship carers the proper time to adjust.”
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