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Parents caring for seriously ill children in UK could get financial support under ‘Hugh’s law’
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Parents caring for seriously ill children in UK could get financial support under ‘Hugh’s law’

The Guardian · Jun 9, 2026, 5:00 AM

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Proposals considered by government would strengthen protections for parents forced to become full-time carers Thousands of parents who are forced to become full-time carers after their child becomes seriously ill would be entitled to financial support and job protections under new “Hugh’s law” proposals being floated by the government.Hugh’s law is named after Hugh Menai-Davis, who was six when he died in 2021 just under a year after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and undergoing 10 months of intensive treatment, much of it in hospital. Continue reading...

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