"Francesca Onody was left homeless and penniless when her husband doused their cottage with petrol while she and her two children were inside. Her husband, Malcolm Baker, died when the property exploded. She discovered that Baker had cancelled the couple's insurance policies and emptied their business bank accounts after she began divorce proceedings following years of abuse. She was not named in his will and faced repossession by their mortgage lender."
"The minister has asked to meet Onody to hear first-hand about her experiences and discuss measures that might help save other survivors from destitution. The charity Surviving Economic Abuse will also attend. The government's determination to tackle economic abuse is why we made this a cross-cutting theme in our recently published financial inclusion strategy, says Rigby. I'm absolutely determined that as a government we do everything we can to prevent victim-survivors like Francesca having to go through what she did."
Francesca Onody was left homeless and penniless when her husband doused their cottage with petrol while she and her two children were inside; he died when the property exploded. She discovered he had cancelled the couple's insurance and emptied business bank accounts after she began divorce proceedings following years of abuse. She was not named in his will and faced repossession; the repossession order was halted after intervention. Lucy Rigby, the City minister and economic secretary to the Treasury, contacted Onody, expressed shock, and asked to meet to discuss measures to prevent other survivors from destitution. The charity Surviving Economic Abuse will attend. Onody said she was failed by authorities and financial providers.
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