Denying unmarried mother widow's allowance ruled illegal

Government refusal to pay widowed parent’s benefit breached human rights, supreme court says

Denying the mother of four children a widowed parent’s allowance is illegal, the supreme court has ruled, in a decision which significantly extends the rights of unmarried couples.

By a majority of four to one, the court’s justices declared that the government’s refusal to pay up to £117 a week in benefits breached the family’s human rights. It will put pressure on ministers to consider making urgent changes to the law.

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2C28gfg