"I am just an ordinary mum, yet I would go to the ends of the earth
to get justice for my daughter. If I can change the way people are
treated, then Jodey will not have died in vain. I now feel that
this was her destiny; to change the lives of millions of others."
While Jodey Whiting was stuck in hospital battling pneumonia over
Christmas, a letter dropped on her doormat from the Department of
Work and Pensions, asking her to attend an assessment. It was a
letter she never saw. Despite suffering from major health problems
and needing daily care, the powers-that-be callously halted benefit
payments for the mum-of-nine. While waiting for her appeal, and
with no money coming in, Jodey killed herself, aged just 42.
Another DWP letter pronouncing her 'fit to work' was sent to her
home three days after her tragic death. A Mother's Job is the story
of how Jodey's mum Joy Dove, 67, took on the system - and won
justice for her daughter. A former cleaner and shop-worker, she is
intimidated by nothing and nobody. Joy reveals how she struggled to
raise her family, as a single mother, living on the now notorious:
'Benefits Street' estate in Stockton-on-Tees. Of how Jodey, her
middle daughter, developed problems including curvature of the
spine, a brain cyst, and bipolar and personality disorders and how,
as her health deteriorated, Joy became her unofficial carer,
visiting several times a day. Jodey left farewell notes following
her suicide, warning that her youngest son, Cory, a twin, was
particularly vulnerable. Tragically, her premonition was realised
when, unable to cope with his grief, he died from a drug overdose,
aged 19, in May 2020. Joy felt that the DWP had stolen two members
from her family. An inquiry after Jodey's death found the DWP had
failed to follow its own safeguarding practice. It issued an
apology and compensation. The case was discussed in Parliament
where the Prime Minister labelled it 'appalling.' Joy launched
'Justice For Jodey' which aims to hold the DWP to account and to
prevent other tragedies. She met other grieving families and her
campaign saw her take centre stage at the Labour Party conference
and argue her case in the High Court.
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