SCOTTISH Labour has warned that households are at breaking point, as new figures show record rates of people north of the border repeatedly applying for crisis grants. 

New figures from the Scottish Welfare Fund show that repeat applications for its support are at their highest ever point, with more than three out of four applications now coming from people who have applied before.  

From April to June this year, 76 per cent of crisis grant applications were repeats. The proportion has risen sharply over the last year, from 64 per cent in the same period of 2020, and skyrocketed since 2013, when it was just 17 per cent.