Widow from West Lothian to have meeting with Prime Minister

Around 21,000 families in the UK are thought to be similarly affected

A woman from West Lothian who was left widowed with three young children after her husband died is to have a personal meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss financial support for families like hers.

Had she been bereaved a year earlier Laura Williams would have received help until her children reached the age of 18 – but changes to the benefit system ended that.

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