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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Bancroft

Single mother denied daughter’s disability benefit for six years due to ex-partner’s work

The Independent

A single mother who was wrongly denied benefits for her disabled daughter for six years has won a legal battle with the government.

Anne-Marie Harrington, 56, was told that her daughter Amirra, who has autism, was not entitled to disability living allowance in the UK as her father was living and working in Belgium.

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