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THE cost of dying in Britain has soared by 3.8 per cent to more than £9,000, according to a financial service company.
Overall financial costs to be paid when someone dies have increased from £8,864 in 2021 to £9,200 on average in 2022, data from SunLife found.
The research found that although basic funeral costs for services like burials and cremations had decreased by 2.5 per cent since 2001, higher professional fees and extra costs meant the overall price went up.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
