At first I thought this was gonna be about a sad lonely old bat who wanted the money for no reason, but this pretty much spells it out:
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An unmarried mother-of-four whose partner of 23 years died of cancer has won her Supreme Court battle to access the widowed parent's allowance.
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On the one hand, I absolutely agree that marriage should be incentivised, as having two married parents is one of the best indicators that a child will be successful, but I was thinking more tax breaks than post-death things, and after being in a committed relationship for nearly a quarter of a century (and having four kids with one man!) it's clear that in this case, the wedding would just be a piece of paper.