dan whitworth, bbc news.siness correspondent vishala sri—pathma from the newsroom. how do people get into this situation where they're having pay back this allowance? as was mentioned in the report, there are quite strict eligibility rules. for example, you need to be caring for someone for more than 35 hours a week and you cannot be earning more than £151 post tax. in a situation that somebody does overtime for example and gets a modest pay rise, if that earning goes on the £151 mark, they are then no longer qualified for this allowance. and the trouble is that the people that have spoken to the b -- bbc the people that have spoken to the b —— bbc said when they cross this threshold, they were not notified until years later and by that time, they had racked up thousands and thousands of pounds and find themselves in a situation where they are paying a lump—sum which is really quite hefty. find are paying a lump-sum which is really quite hefty.— really quite hefty. and some of these carers — really quite hefty

radio 4's moneybox reporter dan whitworth has more.lejob, caring for a loved one, often day in, day out, week in, week out, with few, if any, breaks. but many tens of thousands of them have unwittingly or accidentally received overpayments of carer�*s allowance, and now they're being asked to pay it back. people like karina moon, whose daughter amber requires round—the—clock care. she told breakfast three weeks ago that she's having to pay back £11,000 after unknowingly earning slightly over the claim limit at her part—time supermarketjob. at the moment, i pay £60 a month and i've been paying that for the last four years, to repay my overpayment, which was the £11,000. and i will be paying that until i'm 73. so i've got another 11 years of paying the £60 a month, which takes money out of our income. it's money that would help me run the car, help pay bills, put food on the table, all of those things. 0r people like gina, who's also been landed with a bill. i was presented with a bill, that obviously, i'd been overpaid, and it was sort

dan whitworth, bbc news.g more about ca rer�*s allowance. now to the rest of the news. cctv footage has emerged of the rapper sean �*diddy�* combs physically assaulting his then—girlfriend cassie ventura in the corridor of a hotel in 2016. ms ventura made allegations of rape and physical abuse against him in a lawsuit that was settled last year. combs is at the centre of several civil lawsuits accusing him of sex offences. 0ur correspondent emma vardy has this report which contains some distressing images. cassie ventura claims she suffered years of abuse in her relationship with p diddy, one of the most influential artists in hip—hop. in the cctv footage, she is seen leaving a hotel room. sean combs appears to run after her, before carrying out a violent assault. the full tape shows her being kicked as she lies on the ground. after taking her items, next, the rapper seems to be seen throwing an object towards her. the video — obtained by the american news channel, cnn — has not been independently verified, b

radio 4's moneybox reporter, dan whitworth has more.ed to pay it back. people like karina moon, whose daughter, amber, requires round the clock care. she told breakfast three weeks ago that she is having to pay back £11,000 after unknowingly earning slightly over the claim limit at her part—time supermarketjob. at the moment i pay £60 a month and i have been repaying that for the last four years to repay my overpayment which was the £11,000. and i will be paying that until i am 73. so i have another 11 years of paying the £60 per month, which takes money out of our income. it is money that would help me run the car, help pay bills, put food on the table, all of those things. 0r people like gina who has also been landed with a bill. i was presented with a bill and that obviously i had been overpaid. and it was a sum of £7,600. receiving that bill was a huge blow because it is a big debt by anyone's standards. even though i was only working part—time and for me it was huge. these latest figures show £251 million is currently owed by more

dan whitworth, bbc news.ove that the earnings limit and lost the right to that allowance, it is a cliff edge benefits so they lose it all essentially. and obviously, the obligation is on the individual to tell the government through the department for work and pensions, i have gone above that £151 limit, i am not entitled to the carer�*s allowance any more so please stop. but critics of it is saying it is really complicated, the system. it is difficult when you are working week in and week out, you might have to do an extra hour or two of overtime or get a small pay increase, it is difficult to stay on or below that earnings threshold of £151. and if you are a carer and not told about that and you don�*t realise you have gone above the limit, if it is just a couple of months you are getting this allowance and it is being overpaid so you are not due it, that is fine. but a lot of these people are getting these overpayments for years and years and then being left these huge debts to the government of thousands