Owl says: EDDC expects to make £150,000 from crematoria fees next year – up from £105,000 last year – a 50% increase.
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“Inflation-busting rises in cremation and burial fees meant council profits from funerals leapt to almost £100 million last year.
Fee increases have been so steep that local authorities’ cremation, burial and mortuary services are operating on an average profit margin of more than 43 per cent. If these services were collectively listed as a single publicly traded company, they would make the FTSE 250 index of leading businesses.
Critics have described the level of charges as immoral and accused local authorities of pushing residents into “funeral poverty”.
Source: Times (paywall)
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