Stella Creasy and David Davis leading attempt to protect at-risk women and extend bereavement benefits to unmarried parents

A cross-party coalition of senior MPs including Labour’s Stella Creasy and the Conservative David Davis will try to use the Queen’s speech debate to force the government to comply with legal judgments that found it in breach of human rights.

They are highlighting two issues: unmarried parents who are not entitled to bereavement benefits; and victims of domestic violence who have a special “sanctuary room” to flee into in case of danger and have been made liable to pay the bedroom tax as a result.

Related: What made it into the Queen’s speech, and what was left out

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.