Court ruling on unmarried widow's bereavement benefits lays down potential £300m challenge to IDShttp://gu.com/p/4gtgx/stw
@patrickjbutler the decision not to marry your long term partner when you have kids is quite a big statement - and it should be respected.
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@JuliaHB1@patrickjbutler It's hard, but think you're right. I think this is probably the 1st time I've agreed with you on anything :-) -
@ruthkennedy@patrickjbutler sorry about that! -
@ruthkennedy@JuliaHB1 Ruth see my other tweets to Julia. Benefit is to maintain family, not promote institution of marriage, surely! -
@patrickjbutler@JuliaHB1 Yes. That's where my instincts have always been. But. But. Her point about expecting the state to recognise ... -
@patrickjbutler@JuliaHB1 ..legally s'thing that you haven't wanted to make a legal status yourselves is highly problematic. I also think .. -
@patrickjbutler@JuliaHB1 there is a huge challenge for State to make judgements when (legally informal) relationships are fluid over time -
@ruthkennedy@JuliaHB1 True, but state already makes those judgements (universalcredit). Bereavement benefit does seem anomalous. - 1 more reply
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