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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Liam Thorp & Milica Cosic

DWP stopped horrified woman's PIP benefits because it thought she had died

A woman was left horrified after her vital benefit payments were stopped by the government because 'according to their records' she was dead.

Ann Smith, 65, has revealed that she relies on the crucial payments made by the Department of Work and Pensions to live, but was left shocked when they were ceased.

The reason the DWP gave for stopping the payments was because, according to its records, she had died in August, report Liverpool Echo.

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