Today the Baroness Stedman-Scott, Minister for Work and Pensions (Lords) has announced changes to the Bereavement Support Payment which will mean unmarried partners with dependent children will be eligible for bereavement benefits after the death of their partner.
Newly bereaved workers in NI are having to choose between taking time off to grieve or the risk of falling into debt, as one in seven employees go without a single day of paid bereavement leave, according to a survey by end of life charity Marie Curie. New campaign calls for statutory bereavement leave and pay.