My fiance died 2 weeks ago - he was 56. I am 10 years older than him, and I have been informed that after he paid in to this country all his working life and after I paid into this country all my working life I am not entiitled to the £2,000 funeral benefit for his funeral as I get a private pension as well as the basic state pension. My two daughters lent me the money for his funeral and now I cant give them back the money. I am devastated enough about his death let alone not being able to claim. How unjust it is that because I worked hard all my working life and paid in untold hundreds of thousands of pounds in both National Insurance and Income Tax and I cant claim a single penny. It isnt worth being an upstanding honest citizen believe me.
