Universal credit enabling financial abuse:

‘Gwendolyn Sterk, public affairs manager at Welsh Women’s Aid, said the new single payment system needed to change.
“We need a system that recognises a women’s right to an independent income, rather than going back to the idea that one bread-winner would have that money paid into their account – and give them ultimate control over the whole finances of that household,” she said.’

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41322128

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