Bodies Will Pile Up Without Financial Help: West Funeral Directors Warn ; the Economic Downturn Is Leaving the West's Undertakers Out of Pocket, As Families Struggle to Pay the Rising Costs of Funerals.

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The economic downturn is leaving the West's undertakers out of pocket, as families struggle to pay the rising costs of funerals.

That was the grim message from funeral directors, who say they are having to act like banks in paying for the funerals themselves and then hoping the family can find the money.

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Bodies Will Pile Up Without Financial Help: West Funeral Directors Warn ; the Economic Downturn Is Leaving the West's Undertakers Out of Pocket, As Families Struggle to Pay the Rising Costs of Funerals.

One West funeral director has called for the Government to step in and run a simple grant scheme, similar to one in Ireland, to avoid the "embarrassment" of ...

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