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Jul- 2015 -15 JulyEconomy
Budget could spark changes in the funeral industry
On July 8, the Government unveiled the first purely Conservative Budget for 19 years. Chancellor George Osborne’s “new contract” for…
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Jun- 2015 -2 JuneCurrent Affairs
Tax Freedom Day: The average Briton ‘works for 150 days a year’ just to pay their taxes
The average British citizen works for 150 days of the year solely to pay their taxes, according to the Adam…
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Mar- 2014 -10 March
New ‘Guide to Coroner Services’ aimed at the bereaved
The bereaved will be put “at the heart of the coroner system”, Justice Minister Simon Hughes has announced, with the…
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Jan- 2014 -27 January
Councils introduce ‘death tax’
Suffolk Coastal District Council has raised the cost of a 25-year burial plot by almost £1,000, in a move which…
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Sep- 2013 -5 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
Deceased Online adds military burial records from The National Archives
Deceased Online has added thousands of military burial records sourced from The National Archives. The records, which date back to…
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Mar- 2013 -19 March
Business confidence in local councils low, research suggests
Small firms are finding it difficult to get enthused by the Local Government Finance Act because of doubts surrounding the…
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6 March
Reuse of graves in Suffolk “needed” say experts
Experts have called for the reuse of graves in Suffolk to prevent the county running out of burial space. Cemetery…
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Jan- 2013 -23 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
‘Paupers’ funerals’ reach record levels in Leeds
The number of public health funerals in one of the UK’s biggest cities has risen to record levels over the…
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18 January
Memorial service held for Ned Kelly
Descendants of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly have commemorated him at a memorial service, 133 years after he was hanged for…
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Dec- 2012 -14 December
94-year-old Japanese man cashes funeral fund to run in election
A Japanese nonagenarian has cashed in his funeral savings to use as an election deposit while running in the Japanese…
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