New consultation from Government Equalities Office

On 10 July, the Government published plans for extending civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples by the end of this year. The Government’s intention to introduce opposite-sex civil partnerships was announced in 2018, and yesterday’s Press Release concerns the “next steps for opposite-sex civil partnerships”; these include “a consultation on how to ensure couples in England and Wales can access the form of legal union that best suits them”. Continue reading →