00:00 I'll be honest, I had some tears in my eyes last night.
00:03 I've had a stressful couple of weeks and I get lots of lovely messages,
00:06 but this one cut through.
00:08 Are you the hero of the cost of living crisis in action?
00:10 No, no, no. I think you are, Martin Lewis.
00:12 This is something else.
00:14 This is a... Someone says they regularly watch my show and stuff.
00:17 Yeah.
00:18 In 2015, I was sadly and suddenly widowed at the age of 38.
00:24 I was never able to claim anything from widowed parents' allowance
00:27 due to not actually being married to my long-term partner
00:30 and received little help from the government
00:32 to then bring up alone our three children.
00:35 Back in May this year,
00:37 I saw your information that said a change in the law -
00:40 it was actually a test case that had gone through -
00:41 that changed the rules,
00:43 now allowed claims for unmarried parents,
00:46 and it's worth applying to have this backdated.
00:48 I did this, and today I received a letter from DWP.
00:52 I have been awarded £34,049.34 in backdated money,
01:00 and this is in my account already.
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