WASPIs' Ten Thousand payment

I believe that is when I also read about the increases to age .
Though , from having a family member widowed circa 2006 I know that she does get a widows pension from DWP .

I knew that the Pension aspect for Widows/ Widowers had changed so maybe sadly this was prior to your situation.
There is a one off payment now as I have helped twoof my friends with this but it has to be claimed within a short time frame of three months . If you people arent aware of it as one of my friends was it may be too late . It isn’t something that would be an immediate thought at a time of grief ❤️
I am sorry for you loss .

I was widowed in 2004 aged 45 my husband was 47 there was no such thing as widows pension . Had one off payment of £2,000 to help towards the funeral cost and that was it.

I got my full state pension this year plus 48p a week from my husband's state pension. He paid 30 years NI contributions and he paid a lot and tax as he was on a good salary.

Just in case you may have missed the warnings from the DWP, they are still considering the Ombudsman's Report and there has been no decision so far (will there ever be?), but beware of a constant slew of articles on both the Birmingham Live website and the Daily Record website, claiming to have information as regards any pay-out.
These two are notorious for 'click bait' items which have no substance whatsoever, upon reading between the lines.

Also, several adverts pop-up on a regular basis claiming to have knowledge of a compensation scheme - these are generated by a dubious bunch of scammers based somewhere in India.

Proof that some characters have no shame.