Treasury ‘materially contributed’ to suicide of personal assistant, coroner finds

Chloe Moffat’s mother said ‘she was left frightened, isolated and convinced that her career and reputation had been destroyed’. Photograph: Anne Moffat

The Treasury “materially contributed” to the death of Chloe Moffat, a 26-year-old personal assistant who took her own life after facing disciplinary proceedings, a coroner has found.

Anna Crawford also found there was a risk of future deaths within the civil service from flawed handling of disciplinary proceedings. She said she would send a prevention of future deaths report to the head of the civil service, the Treasury, and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).