Autistic man dies by suicide after universal credit migration leads to £500 monthly social care charge
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Summary
An autistic circus skills teacher, David Panther, took his own life after becoming increasingly distressed by the bureaucratic chaos caused by his forced migration to universal credit. The transition led to him facing a new £500 monthly charge for his social care package, and he had repeatedly requested an invoice from Sheffield City Council to clear arrears that had built up on care charges imposed more than a year after the Department for Work and Pensions' actions. He died on 31 January after weeks of mounting distress that led to a breakdown in December.
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He had repeatedly requested an invoice from Sheffield City Council that would show how he could clear the arrears that had built up on care charges
David Panther (pictured) took his own life on 31 January, after weeks of mounting distress that had led to a breakdown in December
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