Cremation and burial fees to be scrapped for children
Date published: 08 December 2016
Rochdale Borough Council
Cremation and burial fees are to be scrapped for children under 18 years of age.
Currently, the Council only waives charges for infants under the age of one. In the future, all charges for burials (currently £216) and cremation fees (£105) for children up to the age of 18 be waived.
The decision to scrap the fees follows a failed bid by the Labour Party in Parliament last month for the Government to set aside funds to allow all councils to end children’s cremation and burial charges.
Councillor Richard Farnell said: “To have to be worrying about money at a time like this is painful. The government has refused to help, so Rochdale Council is stepping in to find the resources from our own funds.”
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