Man feels 'suicidal' after being left without benefits for over two weeks

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suicidal after having not received any benefits for over two weeks. After a short stay in prison, 46-year-old Mark Smith was recently handed a one-off 'discharge grant' of £70 but that did not sustain him for long.

Mark, from Huddersfield, has now gone two and a half weeks without being able to register for benefits, reports Yorkshire Live.Mark attempted to get help from the Huddersfield Job Centre Plus office.

He was trying to get onto the Government website to begin a claim but neither of his old-style mobile phones appeared to be working properly. "I'm having trouble," he said."I am getting frustrated, trying to get through to the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions).