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Civil partnerships

September 2023

  • A same-sex couple hold hands

    Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of legal recognition for same-sex couples

    Judges call for alternative framework to marriage in partial victory for city’s LGBTQ+ community

January 2023

  • Sandi Toksvig

    Sandi Toksvig to meet Archbishop of Canterbury over same-sex marriage

  • Church of England same-sex partnerships<br>PABest The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby speaks during a Church of England press conference at Lambeth Palace Library, in south London, after Bishops in favour of gay marriage have praised the Church of England's decision to allow the blessing of same-sex partnerships even though clergy will remain banned from marrying same-sex couples. Picture date: Friday January 20, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story RELIGION Marriage. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

    Justin Welby ‘joyful’ at C of E switch but will not bless same-sex civil marriages

November 2022

  • Gay couple with rainbow umbrella at Brighton seaside

    Brighton and Hove is same-sex capital of England and Wales, census shows

    ONS figures reveal city has biggest proportion of people in same-sex marriages or civil partnerships

March 2022

  • A couple pose for wedding photos outside Westminster Station in London as people pass by.

    Outdoor weddings legalised permanently in England and Wales

    Temporary measures introduced during Covid crisis will be made permanent from April

February 2022

  • A newlywed couple in front of the Colosseum in Rome.

    Here comes the bribe: Italian region offers couples €2,000 wedding payment

    Initiative aimed at boosting Covid-hit sector is open to Italians and foreigners who marry this year

December 2021

  • Florence Eshalomi

    Call for law change to stop abusive partners inheriting from their victims

    Labour MP Florence Eshalomi to discuss issue with Boris Johnson next month after plea from constituent

November 2021

  • Payzee Mahmod

    Rights and freedom
    Parliament to vote on bill to ban child marriage in England and Wales

    Marriage of under-18s associated with risk of domestic, sexual and ‘honour’-based violence, say MPs, who will vote on Friday

June 2021

  • Bride is walked towards an outdoor ceremony

    Outdoor civil weddings will be legal in England and Wales from next month

    Law change will allow ceremonies as well as celebrations to be held outside from 1 July

April 2021

  • Fiona Millar and Alastair Campbell at their civil partnership ceremony.

    Civil partnership – why Alastair Campbell and Fiona Millar tied the knot

    Fiona and I lived ‘in sin’ for 41 years before we opted for the ceremony, originally designed for same-sex couples

October 2020

  • Pope Francis

    Pope Francis backs same-sex civil unions

    Pontiff’s endorsement likely to further enrage his conservative opponents in Catholic church

April 2020

  • Religious ceremonies accounted for less than one in four marriage for heterosexual couples in 2017.

    Average age for heterosexual marriage hits 35 for women and 38 for men

    ONS figures for 2017 also reveal marriages for opposite-sex couples at lowest level on record

January 2020

  • Rachel Treweek, the bishop of Gloucester

    Church of England bishops break ranks over sex guidance

    Statement saying sex is only for married heterosexual couples described as cold and uncaring
  • Close-up of a man placing a wedding ring on a woman's finger

    Sex is for married heterosexual couples only, says Church of England

    Pastoral guidance also calls for Christians in gay or straight civil unions to be abstinent
  • Hands of contractual parties, a woman and a man, signing a contract.

    Tell us about your mixed-sex civil partnership plans

    We want to hear from mixed-sex couples who have entered into or are thinking about going into a civil union

December 2019

  • Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, and their two children at the Kensington and Chelsea register office.

    Couple who won battle to open up civil unions register partnership

    Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan ‘formalise relationship’ in London registry office
  • Amy Grant and Ben Piggott

    Let’s keep it civil … meet the first couples embracing partnerships under new law

    Up to 170,000 people are expected to tie the knot from New Year’s Eve after an arrangement for same-sex couples is offered to all
  • Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan outside the supreme court in London

    'How to get hitched as a feminist': mixed-sex civil unions to begin

    From Monday mixed-sex couples in England and Wales can choose to enter into civil partnerships

August 2019

  • There was an 8% increase in the number of families in the UK between 2008 and 2018.

    Cohabiting couples fastest-growing family type, says ONS

    More opposite-sex couples are choosing not to marry, but same-sex marriages increasing

July 2019

  • Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan outside the supreme court in London where they won the right to enter into a civil partnership.

    Heterosexual couples may be allowed to convert marriages to civil unions

    Ministers in England and Wales are considering how to extend civil partnerships
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