A woman being pursued over benefits debt and living in terrible conditions was found dead at her home. Karen McBride who was a mum-of-four had struggled for a number of years with money problems and poor quality housing.
The family of the anti-poverty campaigner, 46, told an inquest they believed she had been failed by a number of agencies. At the coroner’s court in Stockport her daughter Codie read of a statement condemning Karen’s treatment and added there was a whole class of people being let down.
She said: “My mum was a victim of systemic abuse - which is the complete neglect towards a whole class of people in this country. This happens when funding is cut to vital services, ineffective procedures are adopted by agencies and an institutionalised poor perception towards those who are in receipt of benefits or living on the breadline is adopted.”
