[url=http://www.rip-off.co.uk/latest_news/latest_news.htm]RIP...[/url] said:
...The average cost of a simple burial in 2000 was £2048 and is now £3307, up 61%. Likewise an average cremation was £1215 in 2000, it now costs £1954.00 also an increase of 61%...
...Under UK law - provided drains and mains services are not affected and commercial gain is not made - a body can be buried more or less anywhere.
Carboard coffins can cost as little as £55. What's more, the services of undertakers are not mandatory. Families can decide to pick up their loved one in their own vehicle and inter them in their own way - with or without ceremony or religion.
While few mourners opt for a totally DIY funeral - collecting their dearly deceased from the morgue and digging the grave themselves in their own back yard - increasing numbers are choosing the cheaper and more environmentally-friendly alternatives to traditional farewells...