{
  "id": 634549,
  "title": "Lammy’s cohabitation rules threaten unmarried couples with ‘horrendous’ court costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/lammys-cohabitation-rules-threaten-unmarried-couples-with-horrendous",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-12T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/lammys-cohabitation-rules-threaten-unmarried-couples-with-horrendous-court-costs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Justice secretary Alex Norris is facing backlash from senior legal figures on plans to give unmarried couples court-enforced rights after three years of cohabitation, passed on to him by predecessor David Lammy. The government is currently consulting on proposals to reform British couples’ cohabitation rights, which would give the courts power to intervene when unmarried [...]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}