Does a widows pension count as income when applying for universal credit?

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As the question says,

Getting different advice from citizens advice and the job centre. Led to believe that a widows pension did not count as income and therefore would be entitled to a few hundred per month.

Yet the assessment has come back as £0

Any help appreciated! Thank you

Any pension is income, of course

Thank you.

A benefits advisor at the citizens advice said that it didn't count, looks like she was wrong.

Is it bereavement support payment? If so it isn't counted for a year

www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/family-and-care/death-and-bereavement/claiming-bereavement-allowance-and-other-benefits#:~:text=If%20you%20are%20getting%20Bereavement,account%20for%20means%2Dtested%20benefits.

No it's not, it's a pension. Widows pension and also pensionsfor the children until they are 18.

Who pays the pension?

It's a forces pension

Pension is counted as income.

It's an armed forces widows pension so treated differently to a standard pension.

There are very separate regs for this scenario. I'm unable to check the regs at the mo. In your shoes I would ask CAB to confirm where they have this from - get them to quote the regulation for you. They should be able to help you challenge any wrong decisions you get from UC/ Work Coach. If you want more specialist advice you could try SAFA or Royal British Legion.