Grieving Low-Income Families Pushed Into Funeral Poverty, Say MPs

<p><a href="https://www. avi icke.com/wp-co te t/ ploa s/2016/03/U title -3-23.jpg" rel="attachme t wp-att-367366"><img class="size-f ll wp-image-367366 alig ce ter" src="https://www. avi icke.com/wp-co te t/ ploa s/2016/03/U title -3-23.jpg" alt="U title (3)" wi th="700" height="437" srcset="https://www. avi icke.com/wp-co te t/ ploa s/2016/03/U title -3-23-300×187.jpg 300w, https://www. avi icke.com/wp-co te t/ ploa s/2016/03/U title -3-23.jpg 700w" sizes="(max-wi th: 709px) 85vw, (max-wi th: 909px) 67vw, (max-wi th: 984px) 61vw, (max-wi th: 1362px) 45vw, 600px" /></a>‘The soari g cost of f erals, co ple with a erosio i the val e of state f eral gra ts, is p shi g poorer families i to ebt a istress, a report by MPs has co cl e .</p>
<p>The all-party work a pe sio s select committee calle o the gover me t to la ch a i q iry i to the f eral i stry to tackle the ca ses of f eral cost i flatio a a ress risi g f eral poverty.</p>
<p>It sai the ecli i g val e of state help with f eral costs for low i come families – froze at £700 for the past 13 years – o lo ger covere the cost of a o-frills f eral, which co l be at least £1,200.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.welfareweekly.com/grievi g-low-i come-families-p she -i to-f eral-poverty-say-mps/" target="_bla k">Rea more: Grievi g Low-I come Families P she I to F eral Poverty, Say MPs</a></p>