Ministers could act on forced marriages
News Article 4 January 2008
Ministers are planning to give teachers and other third parties powers to protect children from being forced into marriage, according to reports.
Ministers to curb forced marriages
Press Review 4 January 2008
The Times reports that the government is considering giving teachers, social workers, women's rights groups and local councils the power to stop forced marriages.
Harman cool on marriage tax breaks
News Article 18 October 2007
Labour's deputy leader has distanced herself from claims that the party now backs tax breaks for marriage.
Pre-Nuptial Agreements Bill [Failed Bill 2006/07 session]
Legislation 4 July 2007
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Taxman 'clamping down on marriage'
Press Review 18 June 2007
The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies says in a new report today that the government is continuing to clamp down on the tax benefits of marriage.
Conservative focus on forced marriage
News Article 22 May 2007
Forced marriages must become "socially unacceptable", Conservative vice chairman Sayeeda Warsi has said.
Cameron backs marriage tax breaks
Press Review 5 March 2007
Conservative leader David Cameron has vowed to support marriage with tax breaks if he wins the next election, saying children from single-parent families do worse at school and are involved in more crime.
Cameron defends marriage tax breaks
News Article 4 March 2007
David Cameron has defended his backing for marriage and said absent fathers should feel "the full force of shame".
Johnson to back single parents
Press Review 26 February 2007
Education secretary Alan Johnson is set to back single parents when he calls for Labour's policies to have no bias in favour of married couples.
Tories call for family support
News Article 22 February 2007
David Cameron has outlined plans to help families stay together and fathers take more responsibility for their children.
Archbishop raises marriage debate
Press Review 6 February 2007
In a move seen as a coded attack on New Labour, the Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday criticised the "commentating classes of north London" who were unable to see the wider cost to society of marriage breakdowns.
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007
Legislation 20 November 2006
The Bill aims to protect individuals against being forced to enter into marriage without their free and full consent.
Marriage best for children say Tories
News Article 7 September 2006
The government has failed to realise the importance of marriage, according to a Conservative policy group.
Minister 'attacks' marriage and family
Press Review 26 July 2006
Alan Johnson has claimed the traditional family encourages prejudice against single parents.
Plan to criminalise forced marriages dropped
News Article 7 June 2006
Moves to make forced marriages a crime have been withdrawn because the government fears they could be seen as an attack on ethnic minorities.
