Scottish government launches consultation on civil partnerships for heterosexual couples.

Theresa May recently announced that civil partnerships will be available to all couples in England and Wales, not just same-sex couples.

Civil partnerships were originally created in 2004, and offered homosexual couples legal and financial benefits resembling those available under a marriage. Marriage for same-sex couples was subsequently legalised by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, meaning they could choose which to do.