Unmarried mother wins Supreme Court Widowed Parent’s benefit case
from BBC NI:
An unmarried mother has won a landmark UK Supreme Court case which could allow her to claim a Widowed Parent’s Allowance (WPA).
Mother of four, Siobhan McLaughlin from County Antrim, lived with her partner for 23 years but never married.
After her partner’s death, she was denied money that her children would have been otherwise entitled to.
Thursday’s ruling could pave the way for people across the UK to apply for similar payments.
The Supreme Court Justices found that the legislation which governs the WPA was incompatible with human rights law, as it “precludes any entitlement to WPA by a surviving unmarried partner”.
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