More than a million people have left work to look after loved ones in the past two years, Carers UK saysAbout 1,500 Britons a day are quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers, as they try to balance their vulnerable relatives’ growing care needs with declining access to state-funded social care services.Research estimates that more than a million people have left the workplace to look after ageing, ill and disabled loved ones in the past two years, highlighting the social challenges caused by... Prime Minister Andy Burnham has previously said that caring for a loved one without adequate support can and does ‘break people’ Key points and original sources are listed below.

• More than a million people have left work to look after loved ones in the past two years, Carers UK saysAbout 1,500 Britons a day are quitting their jobs to become unpaid carers, as they try to balance their vulnerable relatives’ growing care needs with declin...S1

• Prime Minister Andy Burnham has previously said that caring for a loved one without adequate support can and does ‘break people’S2