Labour’s plans to extend new rights to unmarried couples are ‘deeply concerning’ and will lead to more family breakdowns, campaigners have warned.
More than 3.5 million cohabiting couples would gain automatic rights to a share of their partner’s home and finances if one of them dies under new Government proposals.
On Friday, Labour launched a consultation on plans to give cohabiting couples – who live together but are not married – similar inheritance rights to those who are.
Bereaved unmarried partners will have automatic rights to inheritance if a partner dies without a will under the proposals. Unmarried couples who separate could also
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