A nine-month old baby was found freezing, wrapped in a coat and hat, a week after the house's heating went off.
Councillor Gerard Woodhouse's heart shattered when he heard the 27-year-old mum of three's cry for help after she texted him late one night.
The chief executive of the L6 Community Centre told the ECHO: "I felt terrible. I mean, I've got mental health problems myself. I do suffer with depression, but I could see it was more than depression. It was as if she was at the end of her tether.
