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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Paul Britton & Katie Weston

Mum-of-4 called for change to benefits system just months before dying in mouldy home

A mum-of-four called for a change to the benefits system just months before taking her own life in her mould-ridden home.

Karen McBride, 46, was prioritised for rehousing after being "wrongly pursued" over benefits debt and declaring herself homeless, her family said at an inquest.

She struggled for years over money and "uninhabitable" living conditions, including black mould which caused dirt to come out of her and her children's noses, as well as pigeons nesting in the loft.

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