Civil Partnerships set to be extended to mixed-sex couples
All couples in England and Wales will be able to choose to enter into a civil partnership Theresa May has announced that all couples in England and Wales will be able to choose to enter into a civil partnership, instead of getting married. Currently, the law allows same-sex couples to either marry or enter into a civil partnership but mixed-sex couples can only choose to marry. Theresa May is planning to change this by taking a Bill through Parliament, to give everyone the same choices. The Civil Partnership Act, which came into force in 2005, allowed same-sex couples to enter into civil ……read more>>>