'I'm grieving for my child, but the DWP have just told me to sign on and get a job' - Manchester Evening News

DWP told grieving mum to 'get a job' after 33-year-old disabled daughter's death

Tracy's cared for her disabled daughter until she died aged 33. Now, thanks to the DWP taking all her support away, she is losing her home.

I'm grieving for my daughter - but DWP told me to just get a job

Tracy Hailwood, 54, has cared for her severely disabled daughter Stacey for 33 years but says she has been left homeless after the DWP told her to 'just get a job'

'I'm grieving for my child, but the DWP have just told me to sign on and get a job' - Manchester Evening News

Tracy Hailwood is reckoning with the death of her child, nursing a broken body from decades of caring, and trying to enter a workforce that doesn’t want her – the DWP is telling her to 'just get a job'. Helena Vesty reports.