Funeral director says extra charges for burial of overweight or obese people discriminate against their families
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Funeral director says extra charges for burial of overweight or obese people discriminate against their families
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Grieving families of obese and overweight people may be stumping up a “fat tax” when they die in the form of additional burial charges, funeral directors have warned.
Council says measure at Danescourt cemetery in Tettenhall is in response to increase in obesity levels in city
The premium meant a 6ft-wide plot at Danescourt Cemetery in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton would cost families £2,700 - a hefty 20 per…
The fee, which critics had branded a ‘fat tax’, would have seen a cemetery charge an extra 20% for a 6ft-wide plot compared to…
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