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Cohabitation Rights Bill [HL]

Gives unmarried couples who live together long-term similar financial and inheritance rights to married couples when they break up or one dies.

A Bill to provide certain protections for persons who live together or have lived together as a couple; to make provision about the property of deceased persons survived by a cohabitant; and for connected purposes.

Status: In Progress

Current House: Lords

Stage: 2nd reading

Sponsored by: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames

Introduced: 2026-06-05