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Today, widows are standing in Parliament Square fighting for fairer bereavement support payments.

This is a payment funded by a spouse’s National Insurance contributions - money they earned and contributed.

In 2017 the law changed from being paid until a child was 18 to only being paid for 18 months. That is a HUGE difference and at 18 months you are not even close to truly navigating the grief pathway after the loss of a spouse.

I cannot be there in person today, but I am with them completely. Nobody should have to grieve and fight a system at the same time.

To and everyone showing up: thank you. You are doing something that matters for every widow who comes after you.