Key facts
- Labour plans to extend new rights to unmarried couples.
- These plans could grant automatic rights to a share of a partner's home and finances.
- Over 3.5 million cohabiting couples would be affected.
- Pro-marriage campaigners warn of increased family breakdowns.
Plans by the UK's Labour party to extend new rights to unmarried couples have drawn criticism from pro-marriage campaigners. These proposals would grant automatic rights to a share of a partner's home and finances to over 3.5 million cohabiting couples in the event of one partner's death. Campaigners argue that these changes could inadvertently lead to an increase in family breakdowns, suggesting a potential negative societal impact.