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Northern Ireland mother wins Supreme Court benefit case
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45355028
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An unmarried mother has won access to a Widowed Parent's Allowance in a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
Mother of four, Siobhan McLaughlin from County Antrim lived with her partner for 23 years- but never married.
After her partner's death, she was denied money that her children would have been otherwise entitled to.
Today's ruling is expected to have far-reaching ramifications - allowing people across the UK to apply for similar payments.
Siobhan McLaughlin lived with her partner John Adams for 23 years and they had four children together, but the couple were never married.
Mr Adams died in 2014.
Ms McLaughlin is now the sole provider for her family and works two jobs as a special needs classroom assistant and cleaner.
She said the money provided by the widowed parent's allowance would have been useful to her family.
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