Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeMPs want 3.4 million cohabiting couples to have the same financial rights as those who are married. MPs on the powerful Commons Women and Equalities Committee are looking into what legal mechanisms are needed to treat cohabiting couples the same as married ones. Only a cohabiting couple jointly owning a property will split the sale proceeds equally. And a cohabiting partner has no right to the lease of private or social rented homes if the other leaves or dies unless it is in both names, and no claim on the other’s pension. When married couples divorce the needs of children take priority so their main carer may get a bigger slice of the cake.

Source: Daily Mirror May 15, 2021 21:34 UTC