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Council ditches 'fat tax' on wider burial plots after backlash
The premium meant a 6ft-wide plot at Danescourt Cemetery in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton would cost families £2,700 - a hefty 20 per cent premium on the cost of a standard 5ft grave.
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theguardian.com
Wolverhampton cemetery’s extra fee for wider graves criticised as ‘fat tax’
Council says measure at Danescourt cemetery in Tettenhall is in response to increase in obesity levels in city
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independent.co.uk
Councils slammed for charging ‘fat tax’ on burials of larger coffins
Funeral director says extra charges for burial of overweight or obese people discriminate against their families
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dailymail.co.uk
Council ditches 'fat tax' on wider burial plots after backlash
The premium meant a 6ft-wide plot at Danescourt Cemetery in Tettenhall, Wolverhampton would cost families £2,700 - a hefty 20 per cent premium on the cost of a standard 5ft grave.
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Wolverhampton council rethinks plan to introduce premium on wider graves
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 the standard 5ft