'Why we're never more than two steps away from financial vulnerability'

'The truth is that vulnerability is a broad spectrum'

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Beth Yolland-Jones explains how, not only are we all susceptible to financial vulnerability, but we’re each considerably closer than we might imagine...

A short while ago, I was speaking with a neighbour about my work in the field of financial vulnerability. During that conversation, he expressed an opinion I've come across countless times before: that being vulnerable in such a way was something that happened to others. He had savings, a stable home life and a good job. It couldn't possibly happen to him. When I replied that we're all considerably closer than we might think to being vulnerable – specifically, that each of us is only ever two steps away – I think it would be fair to say that my neighbour was rather shocked. The truth ...

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