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<p>Current recipients of Widowed Parent’s Allowance will continue to receive that
benefit for the natural lifetime of their award. There will be no change in payments
of Widowed Parent’s Allowance to these claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The new Bereavement
Support Payment will replace Widowed Parent’s Allowance and other bereavement benefits
for those whose spouse or civil partner dies on or after 6 April 2017. Lower income
households will benefit from this reform as, unlike the bereavement benefits it replaces,
Bereavement Support Payment will be paid in full in addition to any income replacement
benefits that they are entitled to. This will ensure that the least well off families
are not disadvantaged.</p>
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