A man who took his own life after running out of money for his electricity meter left a suicide note sarcastically "thanking" Universal Credit bosses, an inquest heard.
Brian Sycamore, 62, was having trouble getting the controversial benefit.
His brother Henry Sycamore told his inquest yesterday he felt this battle was the main "trigger" for his suicide.
Mr Sycamore was found dead with a large amount of medication on his bedside table on September 30, 2017, Derbyshire Live says.
A policeman told the hearing at Derby and Derbyshire Coroner's Court a note was left on Mr Sycamore’s unlocked phone.
PC Mark Kerim, of Derbyshire Police, said: "There was a note that said 'can you thank the people who work at the Department for Work and Pensions?'
"There was also a reference to the electricity meter running out."
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Louise Pinder, deputy coroner for Derby and South Derbyshire, recorded Mr Sycamore’s death as suicide and said the cause of death was "mixed drug toxicity".
She said: "Henry has said to us that he believes this was a deliberate act.
"He had been in [back] pain for many years. But he believes the trigger was down to problems he was having with his Universal Credit."
The coroner and PC Karim both agreed that the "thanks" in the note was intended to be sarcastic.
But the coroner did not refer to problems with Universal Credit as a cause or contributing factor when delivering her conclusion.
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A GP had told the hearing Mr Sycamore, from Long Eaton, Derbyshire, had no record of mental health problems or previous suicide attempts.
The man did suffer from back pain for years and was prescribed appropriate medication.
Mr Sycamore's housemate Paul Baker found him dead and called emergency services.
But East Midlands Ambulance Service paramedics recorded a time of death there as 3.33pm.
A post-mortem and toxicology tests found Mr Sycamore had lethal levels of four different medicines in his system.
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