Mum wins battle for fresh inquest into disabled daughter’s death

The mother of Jodey Whiting, a housebound disabled woman who took her own life after her benefits were cut, has won a Court of Appeal bid for a fresh inquest into her daughter’s death.

Joy Dove had challenged a ruling given by two High Court judges last year.

Her daughter Jodey, 42, from Stockton-on-Tees, died in February 2017 around two weeks after her disability benefit was stopped when she did not attend a work capability assessment.

Judges had refused to order a new inquest to investigate the role of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in the death.

The coroner at the original inquest, which lasted 37 minutes, recorded a verdict of suicide.

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