>One of the earliest questions asked when applying for working tax credits
is
>"do you have a partner?" it does not ask whether you are married. Maybe
they
>are slowly approaching the twentieth century?
I remember a benefits officer telling me, in the mid 1970s, of a review of
a case when he challenged the female claimant with the fact that she was
living "as man and wife" with her "lodger". Her reply was along the lines
that they were not married - they had three kids but they were not married.
So you see, the benefits system was always in the forefront :-)
Regards,
Graham
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