Anger at soaring costs of no-frills pauper funerals across Scotland
dailyrecord.co.ukfunerals last year because they or their families could not afford a proper send-off.Heartbreaking figures show the cost of funeral poverty is on the rise with more than £200,000 spent on public health funerals by local authorities in 2020.Glasgow City Council, which carried out 44 no-frills services, usually without flowers, obituary notices or transport for relatives, refused to reveal the costs involved.Scotland’s biggest local authority said its spending per funeral “would substantially prejudice the commercial interests of the organisation providing this service.”Edinburgh City Council carried out 69 funerals under the Burial and Cremation Act (Scotland) Act in 2020, at a total cost of £84,715.53.Perth and Kinross Council paid £27,462.
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