UK - Schemes will be forced to contract back into the state system if same-sex couples get the same rights as married people, lawyers claim.
Plans unveiled by the government’s women and equality unit would give same-sex couples the right to joint state benefits and claim survivor pensions and bereavement benefits from schemes – provided...
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