Funeral fund enhancements ‘fall quick’

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Adjustments that goal to hurry up funeral funds for
bereaved households don't go far sufficient, Royal London has argued.

Beforehand, a Funeral Expense Cost declare couldn't be
processed with no confirmed date for the funeral to happen, which may
result in lengthy ready occasions.

The Division for Work and Pensions has introduced that
households will now have the ability to make a declare with an estimated funeral date, as
lengthy as different key info is provided. It stated it will considerably
velocity up the method and fee.  

Nevertheless, Louise Eaton-Terry, Royal London’s funeral price
knowledgeable, stated that though the change is a step in the precise course, it
doesn’t deal with the worth of the award.

“The Funeral Bills Cost is meant to behave as a
security web for low-income households, but many grieving households are nonetheless being
compelled into debt,” she argued. “We would like the federal government to decide to growing
the worth of the funeral fee, which at the moment falls nicely in need of assembly
the price of a primary funeral.”