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Poverty and the rising costs of funerals have driven an increasing number of British people to opt for ‘DIY funerals’ – and even bury relatives in their own back garden. Companies are now offering cash-strapped families ‘direct cremations’ – where bodies are taken away and cremated without a formal service. Others are having to opt for ‘public health’ funerals – which used to be referred to as ‘pauper’s funerals’. Labour backbencher Emma Lewell-Buck warned people are being forced to sell their possessions or falling into debt by taking out high-interest payday loans to fund a decent send-off for their relatives. She pressed ministers to tackle ‘funeral poverty’ by holding a UK-wide review of funeral service costs and to reform a Government social fund designed to help low-income households.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 08:39:23 +0000

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