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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Will Meakin-Durrant

Cohabiting couples could enter marriage-style arrangements ‘without knowing’ amid new proposals

Proposed legal reforms on relationships risk inadvertently drawing cohabiting couples into marriage-style commitments without their knowledge, critics have warned.

Under plans put forward by the Government, a formal system would be introduced to regulate financial outcomes following the separation of unmarried partners.

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