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We’ve been sold a myth about modern relationships. That marriage doesn’t matter. That living together is just as good. That if love is strong enough,
Press release The Marriage Foundation is deeply concerned at the Government’s plans that further downgrade the importance of marriage, by extending inheritance and other rights
Read our latest newsletter here: Dear friends of Marriage Foundation, Last month’s release of the latest 2025 data on Families and Households from the Office for National
The latest data on Families and Households in the UK in 2025, released today by the Office for National Statistics, conceal the epidemic of family
The 9% decrease in 2023 opposite-sex weddings, reported today by the Office for National Statistics, conceals the long tail of lockdown. At least 100,000 couples
New figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the proportion of adult population who are married has fallen below 50%.
In this month’s newsletter: This month we released our latest analysis, reported in the Daily Mail. On current trends, just over half of ‘Gen Z’ women and
Marriages or civil partnerships represent two thirds of all families in 2023 in the UK, according to new figures released today by the Office for
BBC Radio 4’s Moral Maze Marriage Foundation research director Harry Benson makes the case for marriage in response to searching questions from the panel (10
PRESS RELEASE … IMMEDIATE The latest population estimates from the Office for National Statistics show that the proportion who are married has fallen below half
Read Harry’s November newsletter here Divorce down to 1970 levels At last a genuine good news story. Using data we commissioned from the Office for
Read Harry’s September newsletter here Family Unfriendly Britain Hello! Last week I had the honour of speaking at the Budapest Demographic Summit. The conference was