20.2 million UK adults find themselves financially excluded.
and some physical abuse, a friend urged her to leave. With the help of Women’s Aid, she put a few belongings in a plastic bag and moved into a flat with her two kids.
While leaving the relationship drew the abuse to a close, it marked the beginning of a new kind of restriction: Emma was locked out of the UK’s financial system. Five years later, she cannot get another mortgage, still rents and has only been accepted for an extremely high-interest credit card.The police only took my case seriously when he started messaging my mum, telling her she should be ashamed of having such a vile daughter.
“It’s uncomfortable to hear but the patriarchy has shaped the UK financial system from how credit scoring algorithms are written to the cost of childcare’.”
Danmark Seneste Nyt, Danmark Overskrifter
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