Unmarried couples to gain property rights and possible wider implications

[MsGreying]

Unmarried people to gain rights to partner's property
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-of-unmarried-couples-to-get-stronger-rights

Whilst a simple glance makes it sound appealing I think this has serious consequences.

There's a 10 week consultant from Friday

Yes, I understand that, was just asking senua if that was what they were referring to.

I wasn't aware of it at the time but looking back that allowed all the subsequent overreach by Stonewall et al.

In theory this is the right thing to do, but I think the drafting will be vital to making it work and ensuring it's not a complete shit show. I'd be particularly keen to see protections when one partner has contributed and they have kids and have effectively been common law married. Cheeky CL don't need any cover. I suspect Jess Philips was behind the drafting and she will have done it with protecting vulnerable women at front of mind.

Of course.
And don't call me 'they'.

Apologies, wasn't meant as an insult, just that some posters are men, and I didn't want to assume.

I agree. Just educate people as I do not want my partner having rights over the house I paid off shortly after he moved in out of my wages alone and which I continue to maintain financially without his input. This is the main reason I do not get married so don't take me choices away because others don't do their research.

Yeah. Funny that, isnt it?

Said this on the other thread too, but I'm generally mistrustful of any discussion on this subject that focuses only on marriage giving people rights, and doesn't mention that it also takes them away. The status quo means unmarried cohabitants also have rights that married ones don't, generally about their assets, and those rights are clearly very important to some of them.

However we do it, we're going to end up with some people who are disadvantaged. I'm not persuaded that creating a different set of problems to the ones that exist now is necessarily going to be an improvement.

It's not the right thing to do.
And it won't be drafted properly.
There is also no such thing as common law marriage.

Yeah.
And all done under the guise of 'protecting' women too.
Cheeky feckers.

Are you going to feed back on the consultation? I’m sorry to keep banging on about this, but when we fed back our concerns on on self ID we made even Maria Miller pause to reconsider, and that was the start of the that government and the ones that followed changing their minds.