Submitted on Wednesday 27th January 2016
Published on Thursday 28th January 2016
Current status: Closed
Closed: Thursday 28th July 2016
Signatures: 3,759
Change the law so that bereaved children get a benefit when a parent dies
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
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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