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UK Funeral Costs Grant Does Not Cover Cost Of Cheapest Funerals

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Originally Posted on the BBC website 22 October 2011

UK Funeral Costs grant 'outdated' say councils

Councils in England and Wales paid for more funerals last year as financially-pressed families failed to understand what government help they could receive towards UK funeral costs, a survey says.

Of 159 councils who responded to the survey, 52% reported a rise over the past three years of people claiming to be unable to pay for even the cheapest funerals.

 

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