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Posted on June 11, 2026
The Ministry of Justice made headlines last week when it launched a consultation that could transform the legal standing of an estimated 3.5 million unmarried couples in England and Wales. For the first time, the government is formally considering giving cohabitants automatic inheritance rights, stronger financial protections on separation, and the option to make legally binding prenuptial agreements — rights that married couples have long taken for granted.
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Over four million residential leaseholders in England and Wales are set to benefit from a significant policy change after the government announced this week that the ground rent cap will be implemented in late 2027 — a full year earlier than originally planned. The final legislation is expected to pass before Parliament's summer recess this July, making this one of the most concrete pieces of leasehold reform to reach the statute book in years.
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