The Latest Breaking News from Jodey Whiting

Disabled woman killed herself after DWP mistakenly withdrew benefits

Rare second inquest hears that Jodey Whiting, 42, left notes saying she had no food and could not pay bills

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2025

Disabled woman ‘killed herself after benefits were incorrectly stopped’

Extracts from notes found alongside prescription drugs in her flat were read in court.

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025

Disabled woman took her own life after benefits wrongly cut off, coroner rules

Jodey Whiting left notes about being unable to pay her bills or buy food: ‘I have had enough’

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025

Jodey Whiting’s mother has ‘chance of justice’ after second inquest ordered

Court of Appeal judges ruled on Friday there should be a fresh inquest into Ms Whiting’s death after a legal battle fought by her mother, Joy Dove.

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

Mother of disabled woman wins fresh inquest into her death after benefits cut

Court of Appeal judges ruled that there should be another inquest into the death of Jodey Whiting, who killed herself after her benefits were stopped.

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

Dis Life: 'Disabled people are too often falling off the radar and it's costing lives'

The story of Laura Winham, whose body lay unnoticed for years after her death, is not an isolated example of how disabled people are falling through the net, writes Anna Morell from Disability Rights UK

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023

Mother’s appeal bid for fresh inquest into daughter’s death after benefit cut

Joy Dove is asking Court of Appeal judges to grant a new inquest into the death of her daughter, Jodey Whiting, who killed herself in 2017.

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

One mum's brave battle for her daughter's justice after she took her own life

Joy Dove has spent years fighting for justice after her disabled daughter Jodey Whiting took her own life in 2017 after the benefits she relied on were wrongly taken away from her

Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022

Mother of disabled woman who killed herself after benefits cut granted appeal

The Court of Appeal will reconsider whether there should be a fresh inquest into the death of Jodey Whiting, from Stockton-on-Tees.

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Thousands of disabled people's deaths linked to DWP's failure to act on benefits flaws

New research by Deaths by Welfare concludes the Department for Work and Pensions failed to fix systematic flaws in the disability benefits system that potentially led to thousands of deaths

Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022