With marriage rates hitting an all-time low in the UK (in 2019 the proportion of married adults in England & Wales fell below 50% for the first time), it’s worth asking the question: what have we got to lose as a culture by seeing the decline of this time-honoured institution? What are the impacts on women, men, family and across society as a whole? What (if any) are the differences between this and the UK’s most common relational form, cohabitation?

These are just some of the questions we will be addressing on the podcast!

FamilyLife Team leader, Emma Atkins is joined by some brilliant guests, including the theologian, philosopher, sociologist and feminist Elaine Storkey, Harry Benson from the Marriage Foundation, as well as representatives from the Institute for Family Studies, The Coalition for Marriage and FamilyLife Global.

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