More and more couples in the UK are choosing to live together in cohabitation, rather than getting married or entering a civil partnership. According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of cohabiting couples has risen 25% in the past 10 years, with 3.4 million households recorded as having this dynamic last year. However…
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Divorce Petitions Figures See Biggest Increase Since 2003
Ministry of Justice (MOJ) figures reveal that divorce petitions shot up last year, bucking the trend of fewer break-ups. Recent divorce petition statistics The courts faced 118,141 divorce petitions last year; this is the first stage of the process. This number shows an increase of almost 9,000 cases compared with 2017, equivalent to a rise…