For more than a month, US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees, tasked with screening the millions of people passing through airports across the United States every day, have not been paid. The result was seen in videos spread on social media that showed frustrated travellers waiting in long lines at some of the nation’s busiest…
getty images Some people are waiting more than a year for their disability benefit claims to be processed, putting them at risk of being pushed into debt and poverty, MPs have warned. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) aims to process 75% of new claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) within 75 working days,…
Charlie Brown Danny-Ray Brown couldn’t move her legs at the age of five months, when she started showing the first signs of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Parents of babies born with the life-limiting, rare condition report receiving their diagnosis several months late, despite initial warnings about their symptoms. Danny-Rae Brown was diagnosed with spinal muscular…
