Co-habitting and Maintenance

I receive a global periodical payment from my ex-husband for the children and me.
I co-habit with my partner of 6 years. My partner has lost all income and has no savings, and expects me to dilute my maintenance to cover his expenses and that of his children when they are with us (50% of the time)
I have said no as the maintenance is for the needs of my children and myself, is this being fair?

How did you arrange household finances before?

If it was the other way around and you lost your income would you expect your partner to increase his contributions to your household to ensure everything was covered?

Thank you, I appreciate your response. My partner has not earned any income for 2-years, and I would say not attempted to seek employment with a great deal of effort. They are in a perilious financial position and I have supported the best I can over their hiatus of income. I simply cannot afford to do so anymore without dragging myself into a financial mess. My partner has stated they expect me to use my maintenance for joint expenses and my partners children. But my maintenance is court ordered and worked out specifically for my children and I to meet our needs, and besides this does not cover all our outgoings. I am left to feel mean and unsupportive, but my gut is telling me I should not use my maintenance for my partners needs. I agree if this was a short term problem I would be supportive, and I have been. But this is now a long term problem, and I am very conflicted over what I should/can do.

I think you need to consider if the relationship should continue.
Your partner is long term unemployed and doesn’t really seem to be seeking work. If you do change the amount you pay towards household finances this is unlikely to incentivise him to change things. How long will you be happy to pay for everything? How will you feel when all your savings are gone and you’re having to make further cut backs?

If I was paying global maintenance to an ex and they had a partner who didn't work I'd be incredibly annoyed about it. I would even be tempted to ask a court if my ex needed as much as I was paying if they could afford to keep a "pet."

That’s the idea of global maintenance though. It doesn’t matter what changes the bottom line figure doesn’t so parties don’t return to court.

If it was just spousal maintenance it would have ended/been reviewed by now.

Why anyone would agree to global maintenance is beyond me. It just seems like a loophole to get around child maintenance laws and for the courts to take back control from CMS.

Thanks for your replies. The family court does have the jurisdiction in my case because of my ex-H's earnings so it falls outside the CMS. And it is global because a budget was drawn up and it is a needs case. I have now made my case clear to my partner, I pay 50% of household costs and they need to do the same, otherwise I cannot afford to remain under the same roof. I appreciate your responses, thank you