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Old 30-08-2018, 12:06 PM #1
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Default Unmarried woman wins court battle for widows benifit

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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.
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.
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I don't think people should marry just to gain access to benefits like that. They should probably change the marriage requirement to something like being on a long term relationship and co-habiting with them. I'm glad this woman won her case.
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So currently, common-law marriage does not exist in law in the UK?
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