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• How to claim bereavement benefits

  Support Payment If your partner has died, you might be able to claim Bereavement Support Payment.  If you and your partner weren’t married or in a civil partnership, you can only claim Bereavement

• What to do after a death

  . If are having problems with your outgoings, you could get help with bills. Get more help General support For practical and emotional support, contact: National Bereavement Service Telephone: 0800 0246 121

• Bereavement and funeral benefits

  Bereavement and funeral benefits How to claim bereavement benefits

• Who can inherit if there is no will – the rules of intestacy

  inheritance If you reject your inheritance, known as disclaiming it, there are special rules about who can inherit. You should seek advice about this. Further help Cruse Bereavement Care supports people

• Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died

  to or can’t be an executor on GOV.UK. Further help The GOV.UK website has a useful checklist of what to do when someone dies. Cruse Bereavement Care supports people who are bereaved and produces useful

• Parental bereavement leave - what you're entitled to and how to get it

  You have a right to take up to 2 weeks of parental bereavement leave if both of these apply: your child died on or after 6 April 2020 they were under the age of 18 or they were stillborn You don’t

• Parental bereavement pay - what you're entitled to and how to get it

  You might be able to get parental bereavement pay if you’re either: paying income tax and national insurance through Pay As You Earn (PAYE) - these show on your payslip as ‘deductions’ taking

• Benefits

  and child tax credits Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) Pension Credit Income Support Sick or disabled people and carers Check what benefits to claim if you’re sick or disabled Employment and Support Allowance

• Check how much Universal Credit you'll get

  Bereavement Support Payment war pensions Adult Disability Benefit Child Disability Benefit Some other types of income are ignored and won’t reduce the amount of Universal Credit you’ll get. For example

• Check your maternity and parental rights

  rights Parental rights Check your parental rights at work Parental bereavement leave - what you're entitled to and how to get it Parental bereavement pay - what you're entitled to and how to get it