
In a powerful statement written by Codie, read out by coroner Chris Morris, she said: "My mum was a victim of systemic abuse - which is the complete neglect towards a whole class of people in this country. Ms McBride - whose experiences led her to become a prominent and respected anti-poverty campaigner - was found found dead at her home in Tameside, Greater Manchester on 1 August 2022.Īt her inquest, at Stockport Coroner's Court, her family said they believed her death could have been avoided. Karen McBride, 46, was "frustrated to the point of desperation" with the benefits and housing systems and struggled for years in fear over money and "uninhabitable" living conditions. Karen McBride, whose experiences led her to become a prominent and respected anti-poverty campaigner spoke to Greater Manchester Poverty action about her mouldy and damp homeĪ mother-of-four who took her own life was subject to "systematic abuse" and forced to live in a property which had "a wall 'thick' with black mould" and a live wire hanging from the ceiling, her daughter has said.
