Major Overhaul Of State Pensions

[Arthur Little]

There is no widows pension any more.

... isn't there anything to replace it?

don't know how a couple living in UK will fair

Nor do I ... in the light of what you've just said! Up until now, it hasn't really concerned me, since I was only 47 when my first wife died. That was back in 1991, of course ... and I imagine the 'Widow's Pension' was still payable then. Makes me wonder how my second wife [whom I married in 2008] will fare on my death, as - God willing (and my own health permitting) - she'll be a naturalised British Citizen before that!