Single father Phillip Herron posted a tearful selfie moments before taking his own life after being left heavily in debt with pay day loans and threatened with
eviction whilst waiting for Universal Credit - the UK benefit payment which, like with Australia's fine Centrelink, causes recipients great suffering whilst waiting for payment, with the added cruelty of being paid on a monthly basis only.
A month is forever when you're down to your last few bucks.
A spokesman for the Department of Work and Pensions stated "Suicide is a very complex issue, so it would be wrong to link it solely to someone’s benefit claim."
What a cop out.
Universal credit was introduced in 2010 as part of British austerity measures.
The UK spent £67 on the Royal Family last year.
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