Partners having issues with IT coming to the fore (5)
I believe the answer is:
items
'partners' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'issues with it coming to the fore' is the wordplay.
'issues with' becomes 'ems' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'coming to the fore' says to put letters next to each other.
'ems' put after 'it' is 'ITEMS'.
'having' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for items that I've seen before include "Separate objects or units" , "Separate articles, as on list" , "Smite (anag)" , "Things listed" , "partners" .)