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

  Your right to take up to 2 weeks off work if your child dies, and how to arrange it with your employer

• Staying in your council home when someone dies

  Check if you can take over a council or housing association tenancy. Check what happens if you can’t take over the tenancy

• Arranging a funeral

  How funerals are arranged, what services you can expect to get from a funeral director and how to get help with paying

• How to claim bereavement benefits

  Find out how to claim Bereavement Support Payment. For deaths before April 2017, check if you can get Widowed Parents Allowance.

• Check if a change affects your JSA

  What to do if you have a change of circumstances while getting JSA. How to report changes to your work, income, family, health or immigration status

• Pensions - income drawdown

  What income drawdown (pension withdrawal) means, how it works and who it's suitable

• Living together and marriage - legal differences

  Differences between how the law treats married and cohabiting couples including financial matters, responsibility for children and housing

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

  Find out if you're entitled to parental bereavement pay, and how to arrange it with your employer