Lib Dems to offer carer's 'bonus'

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%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Around a million carers would receive an annual "bonus" under proposals being set out by the Liberal Democrats.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the party's 2015 general election manifesto would include a pledge to top up Carer's Allowance by £125 each year, rising to £250 by 2020.

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