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<p>The draft Remedial Order proposes to extend Widowed Parents Allowance and Bereavement
Support Payment to cohabitees who have entitlement on, or from, 30th August 2018.</p><p>It
is not routine for Social Security changes to be made retrospectively and we consider
that the 30 August 2018 to be a logical and fair start date. This was the date that
the incompatibility for Widowed Parents Allowance was accepted as final in the Supreme
Court. To use an earlier start date would bring administrative complexity and costs
to the taxpayer. Equally, it would not be appropriate to set up an ex-gratia scheme.</p>
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