Petition The law on WPA (widowed parents allowance) needs to be updated.

Currently those with children who are not married are not entitled to financial help with bereavement payments.

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The discrimination of children from cohabiting couples rather than married ones is inconsistent with our human rights policy.
Please sign this petition to force the government to bring this benefit to all vulnerable families not only those with married parents.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

1,089 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 1,089 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 5 March 2017
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