Moving in with your partner? These are the new rules that mean they could demand YOUR savings if you split up. This is how you can protect yourself

The Government is consulting on proposals designed to create a safety net for cohabiting couples who split up or where one person survives their partner. At the moment, when married couples divorce, their money, property and other assets are typically split 50-50. However, couples who live together but are not married or in a civil partnership are not afforded such rights. All must show an ‘enduring family relationship’. That’s because one partner could claim that the relationship was longer standing or more serious than it was.