Bereavement benefit cut 'to help people readjust to single-parent life'

Conservative minister defends reduction in payments to widows and widowers with young childrenA Conservative minister has defended a decision to reduce benefits paid to widows and widowers with young children by claiming the old system risked stopping people from “readjusting” to life as a single parent.Richard Harrington claimed that a societal shift in which women were more likely to work meant it was right to reduce the time over which payments were made. He also defended not exte