![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/dwp-stopped-horrified-womans-benefits-because-it-thought-she-was-dead/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_Looking-Out.jpg&description=Ann Smith, 65, who developed a number of deliberating conditions has said that "this government needs to go, they don't care about any of us", after the DWP "just stopped" her benefits without proofAnn Smith (not pictured) was shocked to be told she was dead by the Department of Work and Pensions A woman was left horrified after her vital benefit payments were stopped by the government because 'according to their records' she was dead. Ann Smith, 65, has revealed that she relies on the crucial payments made by the Department of Work and Pensions to live, but was left shocked when they were ceased. The reason the DWP gave for stopping the payments was because, according to its records, she had died in August, report Liverpool Echo. The 65-year-old, who lives in Kirkdale, a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, was forced to stop working years ago after developing a number of deliberating conditions that weakened her bones - meaning she regularly had breaks and fractures - including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and osteoporosis. The Department for Work and Pensions had Ms Smith down as dead in August ( In Pictures via Getty Images) As a former care worker, Ms Smith said she relied on Personal Independence Payments and Employment Support Allowance to get by, and started getting concerned when neither of these payments went into her account last month. Speaking about her distress, she said: "I rely on that money so I was worried when it didn't go in. So I contacted the DWP." On contacting the governmental department, Ms Smith was told that her benefits had stopped because, according to its records, she had died in August this year. Ms Smith 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." She went on to add: "They haven't told me how they could make a mistake like this, no one even checked to see that I wasn't dead, they just stopped my benefits." In order to prove that she was,){kind=link}
Ann Smith, 65, who developed a number of deliberating conditions has said that “this government needs to go, they don’t care about any of us”, after the DWP “just stopped” her benefits without proof
A woman was left horrified after her vital benefit payments were stopped by the government because ‘according to their records’ she was dead.
Ann Smith, 65, has revealed that she relies on the crucial payments made by the Department of Work and Pensions to live, but was left shocked when they were ceased.
The reason the DWP gave for stopping the payments was because, according to its records, she had died in August, report Liverpool Echo.
The 65-year-old, who lives in Kirkdale, a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, was forced to stop working years ago after developing a number of deliberating conditions that weakened her bones – meaning she regularly had breaks and fractures – including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and osteoporosis.