Mother with cancer saving for funeral amid cost-of-living crisis
for terminally-ill people, unless the benefits are reserved.
And amid an overall increased cost of living, the couple have found their petrol costs have also risen due to Melanie's frequent hospital appointments. "We're having to look at doing wee trips around the country because I'm trying to make memories with my son before I die - to do things together as a family so he has something to remember me by."
"If they had access to their state pension that would probably alleviate a lot of the problems they've got. They can maybe take chronic illness retirement too and spend time, what little time they have, with their family before they go." A spokesperson said: "No terminally ill person should have to worry about their finances. Using our limited powers we have introduced new Scottish benefits, which aren't available elsewhere in the UK.
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