Submitted on Sunday 4th August 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 14th August 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Clarify your meaning and use of the term 'living together as though married'!
Many of your benefit claims exclude cohabiting couples from claiming if they 'are living together as though married'.Namely pension and bereavement benefit.
You use the term to exclude benefits and to remove benefits.You can't use the same term for totally opposite reasons, and its a clear misnomer
Should a widow or widower be in receipt of this benefit and then live with another person, you remove the benefit, because you consider them to be 'living together as though married'. I do agree with this.
This is misinterpretation of the term and used to disadvantage cohabiting couples.
Cohabiting couples are either 'living together as though married' OR NOT 'living together as though married'.
This is unfair and discriminatory against cohabiting couples and needs clarifying and changing.
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