{
  "id": 15734916,
  "title": "The Council of Ministers approves extending the widow's pension to couples with children who did not formalize their relationship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/el-consejo-de-ministros-aprueba-ampliar-la-pension-de-viudedad-a-15734916",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T10:41:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/economia/2026-10-20/el-consejo-de-ministros-aprueba-ampliar-la-pension-de-viudedad-a-parejas-con-hijos-que-no-formalizasen-la-relacion.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "The Government has approved a decree-law extending the right to a widow's pension to couples with children who are not married or registered as cohabiting partners. The new rule, which will be published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado, allows surviving partners who can prove two years of uninterrupted cohabitation to claim the benefit. Those already bereaved have one year to provide evidence of their eligibility.",
  "summary": "The Government gives one year to survivors who lived together for at least two years and whose partners died a long time ago to request the benefit.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "El Pais Economia",
        "title": "The Council of Ministers approves extending the widow's pension to couples with children who did not formalize their relationship",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/el-consejo-de-ministros-aprueba-ampliar-la-pension-de-viudedad-a",
        "published": "2026-10-20T10:41:55.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}