Widowed parent’s allowance claims for those not married or in civil partnership can only be backdated from 30 August 2018
Two bereaved parents have filed a case at the European court of human rights, claiming that the UK government’s treatment of them is discriminatory.
Jyotee Gunnooa and Andrew Byles lost their partners but were unable to claim a benefit for widowed parents because they were not married or in civil partnerships when the deaths happened.
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