A welfare fund set up to help the most vulnerable could be at risk unless more funding is provided to help councils administer it, officials have warned.
Crisis grants paid out by West Lothian Council as part of the Scottish Welfare Fund (SWF) have risen 173% since 2019, and broke the £1m barrier in the last financial year.
Demand on the Holyrood funding has surged across the country, and all councils including West Lothian have seen their costs surge as they struggle to administer the Fund.
