Change the law so that bereaved children get a benefit when a parent dies

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Change the law so that bereaved children get a benefit when a parent dies

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Children should recieve a benefit whether the parents are married or not.
I believe that this is profoundly unfair to date; the higher rate of bereavement benefit currently paid to those with children is in recognition of the costs-emotional, practical and financial-of bringing up children when a

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partner has died.
Children themselves have no influence over whether their parents are married or not, so it seems extremely harsh to deprive some of financial support following a parent’s death based on their parents’ marital status.
This is contrary to current understandings of what constitutes a ‘family’ and differs from how cohabitation is interpreted in other Government legislation.
Persons who die still made NI contributions so why does this differ, because of a documentation of marriage.

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