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The UK Government is urging families who have lost loved ones during military service to apply for the War Widows Recognition Payment Scheme before its planned closure on October 15, 2025. ‌

The War Widows Recognition Payment Scheme provides a one-off tax-free payment of £87,500 to war widows and widowers who forfeited their service-attributable pensions prior to 2015 due to remarriage or cohabitation under the old pension rules and were in receipt of no other payments to recognise the loss of their partner. ‌

Since launching in October 2023, over 240 individuals who had previously received no financial recognition for their sacrifice have been successfully supported with the UK Government paying out a total of £21 million. ‌

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