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Bereavement benefits

More than 20,000 bereaved families can now claim financial support once restricted to married couples.

More than 20,000 bereaved families can now claim financial support once restricted to married couples and civil partners. The payments worth up to Β£10,000 have been extended to cover all couples who lived together and claimed child benefit.

Eight years ago the government said it would introduce funding for university and higher education that is comparable with the principle of Islamic finance. So when will it happen?

And what should banks do to protect problem gamblers.

GUESTS:
Omar Shaikh - Advisory Board Member UK Islamic Finance Council
Professor Sharon Collard, Research Director at the Personal Finance research Centre at the University of Bristol
Danny Cheetham - anti-gambling campaigner

Presenter: Paul Lewis
Reporter: Dan Whitworth
Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Researcher: Stefania Okereke
Producer: Joe Kent
Editor: Alex Lewis

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