Financial abuse

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  Financial abuse restricts someone's access to money, work or resources, which can make independence feel impossible. It is one of the most common reasons people stay in, or return to, a harmful relationship.

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  Behaviours often described as financial abuse

  • Controlling all accounts, or requiring you to justify every purchase
  • Preventing you from working, studying or being paid
  • Taking your wages, benefits or savings
  • Running up debt in your name, or coercing you into loans
  • Giving you an 'allowance' while spending freely themselves
  • Sabotaging your job — interruptions, arguments before work, transport problems

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