yes, let me throw another politician at you, says stephen timms. in the uk, he is quite an influential mp because he chairs the work and pensions select committee in the houses of parliament so he is a cross if his brief. that is something he says because his committee to scrutinise government policy on this, they have been told his majesty's revenue and customs, the taxman, they are related within a month if carers go over that earnings limit and lose the allowance. but that message, so hmrc look to the dwp, department for work and pensions, the carer has gone over the limit, then it stops at the dwp and they don't pass that message on. 0bligation dwp and they don't pass that message on. obligation is on the individual carer come again. but i sense there is a shift here in tone from the government on this. for example, the dwp is now talking about using text messages or e—mail alerts to try to warn carers earlier if they have strayed above that limit. they are also talking about how they can try to make it easierfor repayments because again, the