Jamie Roberton

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Jamie Roberton |Alex Thomson

Words by Jamie Roberton. The mother of a woman who died after her benefits were incorrectly stopped has told Channel 4 News that she fears there will be more deaths like her daughter’s because of imminent benefits cuts. Jodey Whiting, of Stockton-on-Tees, was housebound with chronic physical pain and mental health problems before she took her own life in 2017, just two weeks after her Employment Support Allowance (ESA) was denied because she was deemed fit to work.

1 month ago | channel4.com | Jamie Roberton

By Jamie RobertonThe Department for Work and Pensions requires “deep-rooted culture change” to prevent more deaths of vulnerable benefit claimants, MPs have said. The Work and Pensions Select Committee said there was “self-evident failure of safeguarding in the system”, describing current processes for protecting the most in need as ”piecemeal” and “deficient”.

2 months ago | channel4.com | Jamie Roberton

By Jamie RobertonChild victims of domestic abuse are being failed and left in unsafe situations with nowhere to turn, the domestic abuse commissioner for England and Wales has told Channel 4 News. In a significant intervention on children’s experiences of domestic abuse, Dame Nicole Jacobs labelled the landscape for the very youngest victims as “dire”, with thousands being turned away from support services because of funding shortages.

2 months ago | channel4.com | Jamie Roberton

By Jamie Roberton A UK police force has apologised and withdrawn a threat to prosecute a grieving mother unless she deletes a damning review of the investigation into her daughter’s death. Caroline Charters was warned that she faced possible criminal prosecution unless she destroyed all copies of the official review into Gloucestershire Constabulary’s actions following her daughter Danielle Charters-Christie’s sudden death in February 2021.

2 months ago | channel4.com | Jamie Roberton

By Jamie RobertonA grieving mother who believes her daughter died in suspicious circumstances is now being threatened with possible prosecution unless she deletes a highly critical official review into police actions, Channel 4 News can reveal. Danielle Charters-Christie was found dead inside the caravan that she shared with her partner – who had been accused of domestic abuse – in Gloucestershire on 26 February 2021.