Property News · January 29, 2017

Young and bereaved – and now facing cuts to crucial financial support


Changes to benefit payments for people who suffer bereavement at a young age could see them lose out by as much as £12,000They are meant to provide financial support to people whose spouse or civil partner has died. But a shake-up of the system which handles benefits for bereaved families has resulted in accusations that working parents will be deprived of £12,000 each.The government revealed earlier this month how the current system of bereavement support payments will change in April in order, it says, to modernise the structures. But it has provoked a barrage of opposition and criticisms that many parents who are widowed after 5 April will be far worse off. The drop in income these families will suffer means many parents will be forced to increase their working hours while their children are still trying to cope with their loss, bereavement charities predict. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
Read more…Young and bereaved – and now facing cuts to crucial financial support

You may also like...