In the UK at the moment there is an issue with Universal Credit payments (a state benefit), where it is all paid to a single account holder for a household. Th

In the UK at the moment there is an issue with Universal Credit payments (a state benefit), where it is all paid to a single account holder for a household. This is a problem in cases where (typically) a husband is abusing his wife, by withholding her access to the funds unless she does what he wants. The solution which is finally being looked at is to revert to paying each person their benefit entitlement separately. That's not even something the abused spouse can choose for themselves because they "don't trust". It requires the state to recognise it is important to treat each spouse separately, automatically for all of them, to limit the possibility of abuse via joint accounts.