Is it time to provide equality for cohabiting couples?

Jonathan Stapleton
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Jonathan Stapleton asks if it is time to extend pensions equality to cohabiting couples

The Supreme Court's ruling that an exemption in the Equality Act - which allows schemes to exclude same-sex partners from spousal benefits accrued before December 2005 - is discriminatory and breac...

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