What is Widows benefit?
'''[[Widow]]'s benefits''' in the [[United Kingdom]] include * Widow’s Pension - this was dependent on the husband's [[National Insurance]] contributions. * Widowed Parent's Allowance - replaced Widowed Mother's Allowance in 2001 * Widowed Mother’s Allowance - established under the National Insurance Act 1946. The widow had to be receiving [[Child Benefit]] for a child who was either hers or her late husband's.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Law of Social Security|last=Ogus & Barendt|publisher=Butterworths|year=1988|isbn=0406633703|location=London|pages=234}}</ref> * [[Bereavement benefit]] or '''Bereavement Support Payment''' started in 2017. It replaced Bereavement Payment and Bereavement Allowance. It is paid to a husband/wife or civil partner of a person who has died in the previous 21 months.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bereavement Support Payment|url=https://www.gov.uk/bereavement-support-payment|access-date=2023-01-26|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}</ref> In August 2018 the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom|Supreme Court]] decided that it was against human rights law to deny these payments to unmarried parents. In 2023 unmarried people can claim.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2023-01-29|title='Relief and delight' over bereavement benefit change|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64440332|access-date=2023-01-30}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Social security in the United Kingdom]]