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MORE families in Britain will be unable to afford a funeral for their loved ones as the cost-of-living crisis leaves millions struggling to cope, campaigners have warned.
As millions of pounds was spent last month on Elizabeth Windsor’s state funeral, attention was called online to the fact that tens of thousands of ordinary people struggle each year to afford to pay for even the most basic funerals for their relatives and friends.
And campaigners now warn that the scandal of surging funeral poverty is set to worsen as soaring energy costs squeeze already stretched incomes.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
