A woman who contacted the Department for Work and Pensions to find out why her benefits had been stopped was told she was dead. Ann Smith, 65, claims Personal Independence Payments and Employment Support Allowance - but neither was paid into her account last month.
She said: "I rely on that money so I was worried when it didn't go in. So I contacted the DWP."
Ann was told that her benefits had stopped because she had died in August, reports The Echo. She said: "I couldn't believe it, I said well that's news to me. I even got sent a letter addressed to the executor of my will."
