The body of Errol Graham was found at his home on June 20, 2018 when bailiffs arrived to evict him for failing to pay rent. At the inquest into his death it emerged the 57-year-old weighed just four-and-a-half stone when he was found.
The cause of his death was recorded as starvation.
The grandfather, who had suffered with severe social anxiety, had cut himself off from family and friends.
At his flat in Radford, there was no food found apart from a couple of out-of-date tins of fish.
His benefits, which included employment and support allowance (ESA) were stopped in October 2017 after he had failed to attend a fit-for-work test a few weeks earlier.
The inquest heard it was standard procedure to stop the benefits of a claimant marked on the system as vulnerable after two failed safeguarding visits.
Mr Graham's family are now campaigning for justice as they blame the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for his death.
Because Graham lost his ESA entitlement, his housing benefit was also stopped.
His benefits had been stopped even though he had been receiving incapacity benefit, and then ESA, for many years as a result of enduring mental distress which he had reportedly highlighted with the DWP.
A spokeswoman for the DWP said: "This is a tragic, complex case and our sympathies are with Mr Graham’s family.
"We take this very seriously and have referred this to our Serious Case Panel, which includes independent members to help scrutinise and establish any lessons."
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