MPs urge government to reconsider cohabitation reform timetable

Cohabiting couples could be waiting years for meaningful reform of the law to better protect them, a cross-party group of MPs has warned – urging the government to reconsider its timetable.

The government told the Commons women and equalities select committee last year that existing work on the law of marriage and divorce must conclude before any changes to the law regarding the rights of cohabitants on relationship breakdown were considered.

Read the full article here: Law Gazette

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