Karen McBride, 46, was pursued over council tax and benefit debts that her relatives say she did not have
A mum-of-four and anti-poverty campaigner took her own life after years of struggling with money and "uninhabitable" living conditions, her family has said.
She said: "My mum was a victim of systemic abuse - which is the complete neglect towards a whole class of people in this country. This happens when funding is cut to vital services, ineffective procedures are adopted by agencies and an institutionalised poor perception towards those who are in receipt of benefits or living on the breadline is adopted."
Top news stories today Codie had in fact been living in Liverpool since 2013. However, the council did not listen to Karen's pleas and insisted that she began repaying the single person discount she had claimed for living alone. On August 1 last year, Karen was found dead in her kitchen. Codie said her mum had been "solemn and helpless" in the weeks beforehand.
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