Once a bright eyed and loving young boy, in adolescence, Ker was plagued by anxiety and after the accidental death of a sister and, on the same day, his best friend, he descended into a crippling depression.

He abandoned his studies and ambition to be a doctor. So complete was his mental collapse that he was most days unable to leave his flat.

Ker’s mum Helen tells ITV News the DWP took ‘his lifeline away’

In 2019, the Department for Work and Pension decided to review his Personal Independence Payment – a disability benefit he relied upon, which involved a face-to-face assessment.

“It was just awful for him. He was so unwell,” said Helen.

Her son was self-harming. He had ulcerated injuries on his arms, chest and back.

“It was just tick box questions. Do this, do that. Stand up, sit down. They didn’t see the sores under his shirt. They didn’t know the pain he was in.”

Ray, J. (2021). ‘He needed that help’: Mum tells of anguish after son took his own life following cut to benefits. Available: https://www.itv.com/news/2021-07-02/he-needed-that-help-mum-tells-of-anguish-after-son-took-his-own-life-following-cut-to-benefits. Last accessed 2nd July 2021.

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Which I urgently believe needs reforming.  PIP Personal Independent Payment  which must be inclusive and renamed. With a new system which backpays the british forget born nation who have and had PIP .  Which is one of the action which I am calling for the government to concerned within The Claudes SEN Law: Lets Change the symptomatic rhetoric disconnected  behaviour for the years of discrimination against hidden disabilities under the name of non delivery in funding and no action.

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