Funeral costs: What help for poorer people on benefits?

Video duration 3:27

Funeral costs 'not a bargain, but extortion' The costs of a funeral for a loved one can send some people into thousands of pounds of debt and there is pressure on the government to do more.

Video duration 0:33

Undertaker's funeral costs warning A 65% increase in funeral charges could backfire on Powys council, an undertaker warns.

Video duration 0:19

Fears over 'big hike' in funeral fees An assembly member wants assurances Powys council is not profiteering from a 65% increase in funeral charges.

Cost of funerals increasing Councils have been accused of targeting bereaved relatives at their most vulnerable, by raising the amount they charge for burials and cremations.