This isn't fair or humane..it is shameful

Disabled kds left waiting more than three months for lifeline payments

- PAUL HUTCHEON

DISABLED children are being forced to wait months to access a lifeline payment from the devolved benefits agency.

Processing times for Child Disability Payment (CDP) have risen to 106 days.

Average call waits for general benefit queries have also jumped as Social Security Scotland struggles to cope with rising demand amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Labour MSP Paul O'Kane said: "The SNP promised us a fairer, more humane social security system but instead people are waiting for months for lifeline support.