The 100,000 missing lockdown weddings
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 whose weddings were cancelled during lockdown may still not have rearranged their weddings. Compared to 2019, the year before lockdown, there has been a combined surplus of just 18,000 weddings […]
Half a year’s marriages are still missing
Lockdown’s missing marriages The latest figures for marriages in England & Wales in 2021 and 2022 were released today by the Office for National Statistics. The figures show a significant rebound from the 61% fall in 2020. Britain’s lockdown policies led the biggest drop in weddings in Europe. By comparison, our neighbouring countries in Western […]
Hooray for MacWeddings
“Allowing weddings in a field, in a pub, in a MacDonalds, all for the first time, will do a great deal to remove this artificial and unnecessary barrier to reliable love. Hooray!” The Law Commission is reviewing the law on weddings and published a consultation paper on 3 September 2020. They argue that the law […]
Well done, Chancellor!
On page 80 of today’s budget red book, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced his intention to relax the rules about where couples can get married, specifically aimed at ‘reducing unnecessary red tape and lowering the cost of wedding venues for couples‘. Currently, there are restrictions on where couples can marry. The venue has to be a ‘permanent […]