How to deal with the cost of dying
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As the first unwelcome anniversary of Covid clicks round, official figures show more than half a million people have passed away in the UK since last March, including over 100,000 excess deaths.
And while the last thing we need to deal with at such a time is paperwork and bills, new figures reveal funeral costs hit a record high of £9,263 last year, while separate data point to long delays and administration errors heightened by the pandemic.
The average cost of a basic funeral which includes cremation or burial, and the fees for a doctor, funeral director, and a minister or celebrant, was £4,184 last year. That’s a rise of almost 130 per cent in the last decade, according to new data from SunLife.
The cost ranges from £3,885 for a cremation to £5,033 for burial. But the total cost of the funeral, including extras such as flowers, food, a wake or gathering, and transport was £9,263.
More than a third of families have no savings for such high bills, the survey found, and more than...
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